Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) enjoy ...

Germany's incoming coalition government is seeking a common position on how to deal with the far-right Alternative for ...

Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

The announcement of a governing coalition formalizes what appeared destined to happen after February's election.

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th ... thanks to votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party. That prompted his opponents to accuse Merz of breaking a taboo ...

The ‘firewall’ against the far-right, neo-Nazi party AfD in Germany, which has so far prevented the party’s involvement in ...

The agreement was concluded relatively quickly but still took about six and half weeks, during which the country had been ...

Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU/CSU bloc ... yesterday, Germany's far-right AfD party topped a major poll for the ...

AfD’s new position may also shutter talks of outright banning the party, a controversial proposal that split mainstream ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

Germany must accept fewer than 100,000 asylum seekers a year because its public services are “overwhelmed” by immigrants, the ...