The AfD and its supporters are celebrating the claim that the domestic intelligence service has "withdrawn" its classification of the party as "confirmed right-wing extremist." The facts, however, ...

Just six days ago the intelligence service labelled the AfD as a right-wing extremist case, as the party was alleged to ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...

A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...

Friedrich Merz unexpectedly failed to secure enough votes to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday morning ...

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

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause ...

Alice Weidel congratulated Friedrich Merz as he became the 10th German chancellor since the end of the Second World War.

Friedrich Merz has won parliament’s backing to become Germany’s chancellor at the second attempt after a surprise failure ...

Friedrich Merz has become Germany's new chancellor after winning a second vote in the country's parliament. He unexpectedly ...