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 ...

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

May 6, 2025 Updated Tue., May 6, 2025 at 8:54 p.m. Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Christian Democrats, arrives at a news conference the day after German parliamentary ...

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.

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 (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.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has criticized the behaviour of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) during President Frank-Walter Steinmeier's speech in the Bundestag on the 80th ...

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 ...

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not end the groundswell of support for it, noting it was key instead to ...

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

In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in Germany’s modern history, he lost the parliament’s initial vote and ...

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