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

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...

Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday gave a boost to the ...

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 ...

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.

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz was due to travel to Paris and Warsaw on Wednesday after winning a nail-biting ...

In recent days, the pressure has mounted on AfD after the domestic spy agency (called the “Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution,” in German Verfassungsschutz) published a press ...

It took two goes for Friedrich Merz to be elected Chancellor of Germany today. This is a huge blow to his authority, for ...

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

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