Germany’s election is underway, and the country’s differing political parties and leaders continue their fight to gain the Chancellor position. In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay explain the issues happening in German elections and question the greater interest of the United States in maintaining relationships with its allies.

United States Vice-President JD Vance, right, and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy shake hands during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany,

United States' Gisele Thompson, left, and Germany's Jella Veit vie for the ball during a U-20 Women's World Cup quarterfinal soccer match at Pascual Guerrero Olympic stadium in

The United States was Germany's biggest single trading partner last year for the first time since 2015, displacing China from the top spot as

From right, U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg, United States Vice-President JD Vance and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines

The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday that a speech by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security conference felt as if the United States was 'trying to pick a fight' with Europe.

What I worry about is the threat from within, the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States

German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy, pressure to curb migration and growing uncertainty over the future of Ukraine and Europe’s alliance with the United States.

Germany’s political crisis may offer an opportunity to put this essential partnership on a more sustainable path forward.

Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election.