Chancellor Friedrich Merz and far-right opposition leader Alice Weidel are set to face off in the Bundestag on Wednesday, three days after the Alternative for Germany's (AfD) overwhelming victory in ...

Come 6 May, many EU officials in Brussels and European governments will breathe a sigh of relief. This is the day the Berlin coalition partners have scheduled the election in the Bundestag of ...

German chancellor gets support from state leaders but further far-right gains this weekend could spell the end ...

EADaily, September 9th, 2026. The German Chancellor and the co-chairman of the Alternative for Germany party have entered ...

Germany's chancellor clashes with AfD leader Alice Weidel, saying her migration policy amounts to "ethnic cleansing" for skilled workers.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's speech after the failure of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the elections provoked criticism and was a blow to the party. The newspaper Die Welt writes about ...

“SO HELP me God,” said Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor, his right hand aloft as he solemnly recited the oath of office in the Bundestag on May 6th. Earlier in the day Mr Merz, leader of the ...

Leader of the Christian Democrats Friedrich Merz is congratulated by outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz after being elected new chancellor at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag ...

Friedrich Merz was elected as Germany's chancellor in a second-round parliamentary vote on Tuesday, after failing to secure enough support earlier in the day. Merz needed at least 316 of the 630 ...

The AfD, which fell three seats short of an absolute majority, in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt said it was now in talks ...