Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...

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 ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, is expected to become Germany’s next chancellor. But on Tuesday, he failed ...

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) supports a second vote in parliament for chancellor taking place on Wednesday, ...

Germany's parliament is set to elect conservative Friedrich Merz as its new Chancellor. The 69-year old is promising to ...

Alice Weidel and Tino Krupalla, co-chairs of the opposition pro-Russian Alternative for Germany party, called the historic ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany party maintains that asylum should only be a temporary solution – and wants Syrians to ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he ...

Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career ...