German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc has drawn level with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) for the ...

Ahead of a series of key state elections, one conservative premier’s decision to step aside is intended to prevent the AfD ...

Germany's longest-serving state premier is stepping down on Tuesday ahead of a crucial election later this year that could ...

Lawmakers in an eastern German state have elected a new governor as mainstream parties try to prevent a victory for the ...

The co-chair of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, has again accused Chancellor Friedrich Merz of electoral fraud, without providing evidence. "They are continuing with ...

BERLIN, Germany — Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party finished first in municipal polls in Germany's most populous state, but the biggest winner in the first electoral test since Merz's government took ...

Most of the time, German parties come to power in states and nationally by forming coalitions. As long as the firewall holds, the only way the AfD can take power is by winning a straight-up majority.

BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday rejected calls from some in his party to relax its refusal to deal with the far-right Alternative for Germany, declaring that the still-growing party has ...