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Watch our special debate show on Germany's pivotal election

It features three MEPs and German climate activist Carla Reemtsma

25/09/2021

Germany

German election: What voters expect from the next government

Climate change and Europe are among the issues voters seem to be most keen for the next government to focus on.

25/09/2021

Germany

Disenfranchised and unheard, Germany's Turks remain an island

Germany has the second-worst political representation for minorities in Europe, with just 14 out of over 700 federal lawmakers of Turkish background.

25/09/2021

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Berliners want a new landlord. Is a community land trust the answer?

In a city where 80 per cent of its inhabitants rent, how land and property are owned and allocated is an ongoing battle.

25/09/2021

Germany

Climate is the key issue for voters. Is that helping Germany's Greens?

The German Greens have increased their support significantly since the 2017 elections but they're still polling below the two traditional centre-right and centre-left German political parties.

25/09/2021

Germany

Last-minute campaigning as Germany gears up for pivotal election

Sunday's vote will set the direction of the country after 16 years under Angela Merkel, whose party is scrambling to avoid defeat by its centre-left rivals after a rollercoaster campaign.

25/09/2021

Germany

Six stories to understand the German election

As the page turns for a new post-Merkel chapter in Germany, we explain all you need to know about the country's general election on Sunday.

25/09/2021

Germany

German election: Who's who in the race to replace Angela Merkel?

How much do you know about those in the race to succeed Angela Merkel?

25/09/2021

Germany

Greta Thunberg joins tens of thousands of climate protesters in Berlin

The Berlin protest was part a worldwide climate strike that included around 1,400 events in 80 countries organised by the Fridays for Future movement.

24/09/2021

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Greta Thunberg addresses Berlin Fridays for Future protest

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addresses the crowd in Berlin at the Fridays for Future protest. Tens of thousands of climate activists have begun descending on German cities to crank up the pressure on candidates competing to succeed Angela Merkel.

24/09/2021

Germany

Euroviews. Germany's politicians need to address the state of democracy | View

Goran Buldioski, the director of the Open Society Initiative for Europe, says that political parties need to pay attention to the state of democracy in Germany.

24/09/2021

Germany

How Germany's deadly floods made climate change a key election issue

German voters want to see more than lip service paid to the problem of global warming.

24/09/2021

Climate

Watch: Climate protest in Berlin ahead of key election

The climate protest will occur 48 hours ahead of the German elections.

24/09/2021

Germany

'We need more Europe': Chancellor hopefuls debate EU in final debate

German voters are going to the polls in a pivotal election on Sunday.

24/09/2021

Germany

How important is the Franco-German relationship for Europe?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will leave her position after 16 years, so how will a change of personality affect the existing close ties between Germany and France? Euronews spoke to two experts to find out more.

24/09/2021

Germany

German election: The party allegiances embedded in regional identity

We take a look at the regions that historically back Germany's main political parties ahead of the 2021 federal elections.

24/09/2021

My Europe Series

Locals on the deadly floods that put climate at top of election agenda

Of the 180 people that died in Germany amid record flooding in July, 133 were neighbours of the Ahr Valley.

23/09/2021

Germany

Auf Wiedersehen, Angela: How Merkel has shaped Europe and Germany

Credited as Europe's crisis manager, Merkel was most well known for her role in managing the financial and migration crises. Here's a look back.

23/09/2021

Germany

German far-left party eager to join coalition while others steer clear

Germany’s far-left party Die Linke has been eager to join a governing coalition but the leading Social Democratic Party candidate said they have to agree to several demands first.

23/09/2021

Germany

Young Greens in Germany mobilise for "climate elections"

Meet the two young green politicians, Katharina Sparrer and David Schiepek, who believe that Germany's federal elections are all about the climate.

23/09/2021

Germany

German election: Which party is leading the opinion polls?

Germany's Social Democratic Party has been leading in the polls for more than a month ahead of parliamentary elections on September 26.

22/09/2021

Germany

Olaf Scholz makes a comeback by making fewer gaffes than his rivals

Scholz could be poised to lead the SDP to its first election victory since 2002.

22/09/2021

My Europe Series

Berlin mulls one of Europe’s most radical ripostes to gentrification

It's not just Germany's new parliament that's being decided on Sunday. In Berlin, locals will vote in a referendum on whether to expropriate so-called "mega-landlords".

22/09/2021

Earth News

Day 24: Berlin’s hunger strikers starve for climate justice

As Germany prepares for a decisive election, hunger strikers are staging the country's most radical protest in decades.

22/09/2021

Moments

Festival of Lights: See Berlin's famous landmarks in a new light

The 17th annual Berlin Festival of Lights returned to the German capital earlier this month, transforming the city into a glowing stage.

22/09/2021

Germany

German court orders removal of 'Hang the Greens' posters

A German court has ordered a small far-right party to take down election posters with the slogan "Hang the Greens".

21/09/2021