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

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

BERLIN - Germany's far-right AfD party topped a major poll for the first time on Wednesday in a sign of growing ...

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

Even as Friedrich Merz of the CDU/CSU bloc has struck a deal to form a government in Germany, the far-right AfD has emerged ...

By the time Germany's next elections roll around, the right-wing Alternative for Germany party hopes to be the country's ...

The formation of a governing coalition on Wednesday made official what had appeared clear since the election: that ...

Germany, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) AfD led the Ipsos poll with 25% support, up 4 points from its February election result. The Christian Democratic Union/Christian ...

Economic analysts suggest economic uncertainty and internal party disagreements could yet dampen voter enthusiasm for the ...

Germany’s two major centrist parties have reached a coalition deal, the culmination of weeks of negotiations after the ...

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

Support for Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc, which won the February 23 election, fell by five percentage points to 24% while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) gained three points to land on 25% ...