The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – ...

Meanwhile, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin as their countries boost their partnership amid troubled trans- Atlantic ties. We will be ...

The controversy surrounding the election of a judge to the Federal Constitutional Court shows how the far-right AfD is being ...

Germany’s new chancellor is reshaping Europe’s geopolitical landscape, pushing China away, boosting NATO, and strengthening ...

Under the new German chancellor, personal relations between the leaders are warmer, but a series of intractable divisions ...

He patched together his coalition and won a second vote. In 2017, Mr. Merz had vowed in an interview with Bild magazine to “halve” the AfD vote. Instead, the AfD vote doubled, hitting 10 million in ...

Germany's far-right lawmakers vowed to dress smartly, minimise parliamentary cat-calling, and signed up to a short manifesto ...

Conservative Friedrich Merz had been expected to become chancellor in the Bundestag vote. ... AfD Tells Merz to Resign, Call New Election After He Loses Key Vote. Story by Shane Croucher • 3d.

Two vessels collided in Cuxhaven port, spilling 6,000 liters of oil into the water, with crews racing to contain the spill.

A group of dozens of companies is pledging to invest at least 631 billion euros ($733 billion) in Germany over the next three ...

The number of reprimands issued in the Bundestag reached its highest postwar level during the last parliament. Two-thirds of these “calls to order” were levied against the AfD, with MPs drawing ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected in a second ballot by lawmakers as post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor on Tuesday. ... or AfD, party.