Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. He has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging ...

The AfD became the first German nationalist party to become the most popular since the foundation of the modern republic.

The agreement was concluded relatively quickly but still took about six and half weeks, during which the country had been ...

For the first time, Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) is leading in a German poll. A quarter of all voters are backing it.

Merz, who called the US an unreliable ally, has already vowed to build up defence spending as Europe faces a hostile Russia.

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

The far-right AfD leads in a German poll for the first time ever. Can the incoming chancellor reverse the trend?

Germany's conservative Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz unveiled his party's coalition deal with the centre-left Social ...

After four weeks of intensive talks, Germany's leading conservative and centre-left parties have drafted their plan for a new ...

Germany's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats are on track to come to an agreement to form a coalition ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Israel of Germany's "Holocaust shame," and asserted its support for the Jewish state during an unprecedented speech to the Knesset on Tuesday. Germany and Israel ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday presented a "strong plan" to move Germany "forward together" as he announced a coalition agreement between centre-right and centre-left parties which he ...