The AfD became the first German nationalist party to become the most popular since the foundation of the modern republic.

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, Angela Merkel ...

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

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

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has pledged to strengthen Germany's role on the European and world stage at a time US ...

Conservatives and Social Democrats aim to boost defense spending, cut migration; Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, frozen ...

During a news conference with his coalition partners, Merz directed a message to the White House in English. “The key message to Donald Trump is Germany is back on track,” he said, promising to ramp ...

By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal ...

After four weeks of intensive talks, Germany's leading conservative and centre-left parties have drafted their plan for a new ...

The left must confront both far-right bigotry and the undeniable problems the exploitation of migrant workers by the ruling class creates — but there are few lessons from the global left on how to ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) yesterday, aiming to revive growth in Europe’s largest economy just as a global trade ...

Merz, who called the US an unreliable ally, has already vowed to build up defence spending as Europe faces a hostile Russia.