The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last Friday Germany should reverse course on branding the AfD as "extremist," while ...

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

Merz seemed on course to win with a majority of 13, but failed even to gain a simple majority of one, by six votes. The ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) supports a second vote in parliament for chancellor taking place on Wednesday, ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz was successfully elected chancellor of the country Tuesday after a historic ...

The failure of Friedrich Merz to be elected Chancellor of Germany by his own parliamentary coalition at the first ballot is a ...

Years after being ousted from the AfD, former party leader Frauke Petry intends to launch a new political party in Germany.

At least a dozen members of Merz’s proposed coalition failed to back him in the first vote on Tuesday — despite his coalition ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's new Chancellor, argues against banning the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), emphasizing the need to address underlying causes. The AfD, recently labeled as extremist ...