The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to ...

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German president since 2017, is a former leader of the Social Democrats who in 2009 led his ...

Friedrich Merz is Germany's new head of government. However, he needed an unprecedented second vote to secure the necessary ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable ...

Conservative leader secured 325 votes, more than the required 316 out of 630 lawmakers, after he had managed only 310 in an ...

The so-called “Office for the Protection of the Constitution” alleges that AfD undermines the free democratic order and violates the principle of human dignity by denying migrants the same rights as ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a nail-biting second parliamentary vote Tuesday to become chancellor after ...