In the former industrial heartlands of the Ruhr, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) nearly tripled its vote share, ...

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Friedrich Merz ‘s party finished first in municipal polls in Germany’s most populous state, but the ...

The CDU remains the strongest party after local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Greens have emerged as the clear ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) said the outcome of local elections in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia is ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has emerged as the strongest party in local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, according to initial projections ...

When the Founders proposed government by the consent of the governed, they did not mean the adoption of policies most citizens abhor.