The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Germany's Left party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament needed to block changes to the constitution, including a loosening of the ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz will start trying to form a coalition government on Monday after his ...

Following a tightly contested election, German conservatives under Friedrich Merz are pursuing a rapid coalition formation. The far-right Alternative for Germany achieved unprecedented support, while ...

The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which won the country’s national election with 28.6 percent of the votes, has by far the best chance of forming a new government.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, the strongest ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

Photo: Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, gestures while ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Germany's Left party between them garnered the one third of seats in ...

It is clear that this [the U.S.] government does not care much about the fate of Europe,” says Friedrich Merz, who is set to ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative alliance that won Germany's national election on Sunday, is set to become ...

German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...