By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Berlin Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor of Germany, announced on Friday that he had secured the votes to allow for extensive new government spending ...

Without naming it, Vance was defending a far-right political party called Alternative for Germany (AfD), best-known for its commitment to deporting as many immigrants as the country’s airports ...

The tweet from Elon Musk arrived a few days before Christmas, and it felt like a gift from heaven to Germany’s far-right political party, Alternative for Germany (AfD). It consisted of six words ...

On Sunday, 84 per cent of German voters, the highest turnout since the 1990 unification election, pulled the plug for good on the so-called “traffic light” coalition headed by Social ...

Both the euro and German equity markets are likely to be boosted by the outcome of the German snap election over the weekend. The euro climbed to above 1.05, the highest in two months during ...

Germany's conservatives won the national election Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its best result in second place and left conservative leader ...

A fiscal mechanism known as the debt brake, which strictly limits government borrowing, has become a fault line in German politics with the last government’s collapse blamed on the issue.

The hard-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is expected to place second, riding on voter dissatisfaction with mainstream parties and fears of migration. Polls show it is likely to have its ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceding defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is ...

AfD leaders, including Alice Weidel (C) and Tino Chrupalla (to her R) gathered on Tuesday for their first post-election meeting One in five German voters put an X in the box for Alternative for ...

Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins. The point of this election was never just about a nation's struggle to rediscover its economic mojo or re-evaluate its ...

As the European Union’s most populous nation and a leading member of Nato, Germany's political direction holds substantial weight on the international stage. The election's outcome will also ...