The breaking of a taboo among mainstream German parties on cooperation with the far right looks set to complicate efforts to form a coalition ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz may need support in the Bundestag from the AfD, a move that has attracted wide condemnation.

Germany's pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) backed off their commitment to vote for highly controversial asylum legislation ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration ...

Election posters at a street in Duesseldorf, Germany, show the top candidates for chancellor, Robert Habeck of the Green Party, Friedrich Merz of the CDU and Olaf Scholz for the SPD, from left, prior ...

Conservatives have cooperated with the far-right AfD for the first time, amid growing support from the tech billionaire.

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

The German economy, Europe's largest, also shrank for all of 2024 by 0.2%, the second straight year of declining output. And the outlook for this year isn't much better. The government slashed its ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and billionaire Elon Musk have publicly feuded in recent weeks as Musk voices support for ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday defended his controversial migration reforms after stinging criticism ...