German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU faces a regional election Sunday, the first of several this year in which ...

The wealthy south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg heads to the polls on Sunday, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc has extended its lead over the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in an opinion poll released on Thursday. If the federal election to the lower ...

Ms. Sauerbrey is a German journalist who writes about Germany’s politics, society and culture. She wrote from Berlin.

The first of five state elections this year is being seen as a barometer of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's popularity A survey ...

The upcoming election in Baden-Wuerttemberg poses a significant test for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as his conservative party aims to reclaim dominance. Facing competition from experienced Green ...

By Andreas Rinke STUTTGART, Germany, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Friday not to let the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party "ruin" Germany and told his fellow ...

Özdemir’s election slogan was “economy, economy, economy”, portraying his state’s fate as a precursor to the wider German picture. CDU frontman Hagel meanwhile has promised drastic reforms to stop the ...

The AfD party in Germany faces allegations of cronyism regarding the employment of relatives by lawmakers. Alice Weidel, the head of AfD, denies these claims, calling them unfounded. The issue has ...

The far-right AfD is polling way ahead of rivals in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania where elections are planned later this year. Meanwhile, firefighters were called to Berlin's ...

The war will have incalculable implications for Europe – and yet, the chancellor has held back from publicly challenging an increasingly erratic Donald Trump ...