The populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party is now Germany’s second largest party, displacing the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from that position for the first time since the founding of the modern German state. According to the ARD morning magazine’s latest Infratest dimap poll, the AfD has “pushed past the SPD for the first time” and the “governing coalition [between the conservative... 

A few days ago, Germany’s Ministry of Justice exposed the draft amendments to the legislation to legalize gay marriage in the country. In fact, sexual minorities enjoy complete freedom in the country. In 2001, their freedom became official: their relationship was called a “civil partnership”. Something like a civil marriage or live-in relationship. Nowadays, according to the proposed... 

Christian Democratic Union party leader stirs controversy following racial remarks; says ‘we don’t need additional immigrants from ‘foreign cultures’. A German official on Saturday called to stop Muslim immigration into the country, stirring public controversy. Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CSU), which is a member of the coalition government in...