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

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday welcomed a strong showing for his conservatives in local elections in North ...

Nationalist party nearly triples share of vote in western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, preliminary results show.

More worries are emerging for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, as the country’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) ...

Friedrich Merz promised to cut the far right down to size. This Sunday, he faces his first big electoral test since becoming ...

Jens Spahn, parliamentary leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right alliance, said the local election results in ...

Westphalia, is holding local elections on Sunday. The vote is seen as an early test for Chancellor Merz's fragile coalition.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday accused Russia's Vladimir Putin of murder and trying to destabilise the West by testing its limits and sabotage, speaking at a parliamentary debate where ...

The municipal election in North Rhine-Westphalia shows how the AfD's influence can spread to Germany's industrial heartland.

The claim by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Left Party, the trade unions and the media that an alliance of all ...