Germany's ruling Christian Democrats are considering holding a virtual party congress in early December to elect a new leader ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has emerged as the strongest party in local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, according to initial projections ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are likely to get a boost from an unexpected quarter at the general election in ...

Immigration and the economy are the topics that dominate the political debate in the run-up to the general election on ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is planning to seek election as chancellor in a second round of voting, his parliamentary group said on Tuesday, after Merz failed to garner the necessary ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader seeking to become Germany’s next chancellor, failed to obtain the necessary votes to win the position in parliament on Tuesday. Out of a total of 630 votes, ...

In August and September 2025, posts online claimed that over the course of two weeks, several members of the far-right German political party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) died in the weeks ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for parliament to elect conservative leader Friedrich Merz as the country’s ...

Researchers say a far-right social media campaign — that painted a respected law professor as extremist — caused the suspension of the election of judges to Germany's highest court.Whenever there's ...

BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party finished first in municipal polls in Germany's most populous state, but the biggest winner in the first electoral test since Merz's government took power was ...