The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his ...

Germany is getting €1 trillion ($1.1 trillion) in additional funding virtually for free after bond markets reacted positively to its “historic” spending bill, Deutsche Bank AG Chairman ...

Over the past five to seven years, democracy and rights have been on a downward slide in nearly every country in Asia that is either a mature, long-lasting democracy or something close to it.

But within the United States itself, the greatest concerns are associated with administration actions that, for many, suggest a deliberate destruction of American democracy. Such fears in the US ...

When I hear Democrats whine about a duly elected president being a “threat to democracy,” I can’t help but think about a line from “Fight for Your Right” by the Beastie Boys ...

Is democracy on the decline ... it also seemed that way in the beginning for people living in Germany in the 1930s. It also seemed that way for many people living in Russia after the revolution ...

A German court has opened the trial of a former member of the notorious far-left Red Army Faction (RAF) who was arrested last year after being found living quietly in Berlin. Now 66, Daniela ...

Last week, Turkish authorities arrested Ekrem Imamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and the expected leading challenger to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the country’s next Presidential election, scheduled ...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been running Turkey for 22 years, and has spent much of that time eroding its democracy. His government controls the courts, the security apparatus and almost all the media.

In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office claimed the investigation was “reminiscent of dark regimes, undermines the foundations of democracy ... according to quotes reported by Channel ...

Would such a concentration of power be possible in a parliamentary democracy like Germany? Levitsky: In principle, it's more difficult for outsiders like Trump to rise to the top of a traditional ...