The cordon sanitaire around the AfD necessitated an alliance with the anti-conservative SPD, even though voters had roundly repudiated the party in the most recent election. During the campaign, Merz ...

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

Friedrich Merz secured the top job but only after losing on his first attempt, a surprise that potentially weakens his ...

Germany's domestic intelligence service has classified the popular Alternative for Germany party as "extremist," allowing for ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.

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

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

Germany’s foreign ministry hit back at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify the ...

The reclassification — AfD was previously designated a “suspected” extremist group — is likely to reignite debate over a ...

In the second round, Merz got 325 votes out of 630, which is enough to win clear majority. , Europe News - Times Now ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz narrowly lost a vote in the Bundestag to become the next chancellor in an unexpected setback that plunges the country into political uncertainty. Shane ...