MAINZ, Germany - First the kilts, then the Lederhosen? A small political party in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria is closely watching the outcome of the Scottish referendum, hopeful that a ...

Bavarian nationalists claim that a Scottish vote to leave the United Kingdom would provide a major boost for their party’s 60-year campaign to win independence for the southern German state. The ...

FILE PHOTO: German Interior Minister and Christian Social Union (CSU) leader Horst Seehofer gestures as he speaks to the media after Bavaria election loss, in Berlin, Germany, October 16, 2018.

The German Greens have been abused on the campaign trail in Bavaria and have had to defend unpopular federal policies. And yet they believe they're on course for a ...

RECROP - Friedrich Merz, Chairman and candidate for chancellor of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), congartulates Markus Soeder, Minister President of Bavaria and Christian Social Union (CSU) ...