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

Members of Germany's ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) have proposed restricting the right to part-time work to boost the ...

Elections in two former communist states — where the AfD is likely to win, but remain short of a majority — are cause for particular concern. Such an outcome would put Merz in a bind because forming a ...

Business wing of Christian Democrats aims to scrap legal right to fewer hours, saying people should need permission ...

Bundestag confirmed Friedrich Merz as Germany's new chancellor in a successful second vote after he unexpectedly lost an initial round earlier on Tuesday. Merz won 325 votes in favour — higher than ...

German police have arrested three people at an aircraft hangar housing Chancellor Friedrich Merz's private plane in western Germany, authorities said on Thursday. Two women and one man aged 23, 28 and ...

Germany's government unveiled major reforms Tuesday aimed at slashing the "bureaucratic jungle" of its welfare system but insisted that benefits to those in need would not be rolled back.

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

The figures on sick leave have been recorded more precisely since 2022, which is causing the numbers to rise. However, Merz ...

BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on Tuesday in a major blow that threw politics in Europe's largest ...

Germany’s ruling party is divided over part-time employment. The business wing of the leading Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...