Friedrich Merz’s halting path to the chancellor’s office inflamed his challenges at home and abroad, including a threat from ...

Friedrich Merz's failure in the initial chancellor vote boosted the far-right AfD, which capitalizes on political instability. Merz's coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD) appears fragile, ...

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

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

Germany's domestic security agency classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist" on Friday, allowing for closer ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected in a second ballot by lawmakers as post-World War II Germany’s ...

Germany was long a beacon of stability in Europe, its politics often reassuringly boring. "Germany and Europe need a strong ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable ...

BERLIN — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected in a second ballot by lawmakers as post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor on Tuesday — hours after he failed to win the first round ...

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

Here is a timeline for the AfD, Germany's most successful far-right ... rejecting then-Chancellor Angela Merkel's assertion that there was "no alternative". Headed by Bernd Lucke and Frauke ...