The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Thursday celebrated a "new age" in the country's politics, one day after it helped to pass a motion in the German parliament for the first time. Party co ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national election on Friday when 12 of his own legislators refused to support him in ...

Germany's parliament rejected on Friday an opposition draft law on tightening immigration policy, averting the prospect of a ...

The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.