German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Monday to take on the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ahead of five state ...

Advocates of direct cooperation with the AfD are now so strong that the CDU's executive committee met for a two-day retreat ...

The anti-migration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, finished second in Germany's national election in February.

Germany's The Left has called on Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government to follow its Western partners in recognizing a Palestinian state. The leader of the far-left party, Ines Schwerdtner, told dpa: ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted on Thursday that much of eastern Germany was still haunted by "fears of decline" as he met state premiers from the region, where support for the far-right AfD ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday meets state premiers from the ex-communist east, where support for the far-right AfD is surging ahead of the 35th anniversary of reunification. The ...