Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

Even as Friedrich Merz of the CDU/CSU bloc has struck a deal to form a government in Germany, the far-right AfD has emerged ...

Friedrich Merz faces fierce internal criticism and sees his conservative base threatens to break after agreements with the ...

BERLIN - Germany's far-right AfD party topped a major poll for the first time on Wednesday in a sign of growing ...

BERLIN — German lawmakers will gather in early May to elect Friedrich Merz as chancellor after his conservative bloc sealed a ...

The AfD became the first German nationalist party to become the most popular since the foundation of the modern republic.

Germany is willing to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, the country’s chancellor-in-waiting has said, as he ...

Germany must accept fewer than 100,000 asylum seekers a year because its public services are “overwhelmed” by immigrants, its ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

Details on a political deal to form a new German coalition government will be presented Wednesday by the conservative ...

For the AfD, this represents an increase of one percentage point compared to the last poll, marking its best result to date. By contrast, the CDU/CSU, led by the likely next Federal Chancellor ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. He has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging ...