Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency provided very detailed justification for classifying the far-right Alternative for ...

Germany's next chancellor is set to be conservative leader Friedrich Merz after his party, thee Christian Democratic Union, ...

Germany ’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for ...

The reclassification — AfD was previously designated a “suspected” extremist group — is likely to reignite debate over a ...

January 15 - The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) places the AfD under examination, and labels The ...

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Lars Klingbeil, Germany's next vice chancellor and finance minister, is an experienced Social Democrat ...

The German domestic intelligence service says it has classified the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist ...

The parliament will meet May 6 to elect Merz, who will need a majority of all members of the lower house to be elected as ...