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

The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has adopted a code of conduct for its members, without changing its positions on ...

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

Friedrich Merz after failing to be elected as chancellor at the Bundestag, Berlin, May 6, 2025. AP/Markus Schreiber Finally in power, Mr. Merz faces a fork in the road when it comes to dealing with ...

Designated Chancellor Friedrich Merz reacts to the result of the first round of the voting during a session at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament), as MPs are to elect Germany's next ...

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

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed skepticism regarding a potential ban on the far-right AfD, which was recently classified as "right-wing extremist" pending an appeal. DW has more.

Last May, Germany’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) took office promising a tougher approach to migration and ...

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 69-year-old chancellor hoped to use his first summer television interview as German leader to showcase his coalition’s energetic first 10 weeks in office. Instead, just as Drebbin insisted people ...

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 ...

Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, Angela Merkel ...