A new poll shows the Alternative für Deutschland is now Germany’s most popular political party, marking another turning point ...

Even as Friedrich Merz of the CDU/CSU bloc has struck a deal to form a government in Germany, the far-right AfD has emerged ...

Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

The announcement of a governing coalition formalizes what appeared destined to happen after February's election.

Support for Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc, which won the February 23 election, fell by five percentage points to 24% while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) gained three points to land on 25% ...

The incoming chancellor vowed to be a strong leader for Europe, but coalition talks may leave him focused on damage control ...

Merz pitched himself as the man to slay the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) – who'd scored 12.6% in the previous year's national election – and win back disaffected conservative voters ...

Germany’s two major centrist parties have reached a coalition deal, the culmination of weeks of negotiations after the ...

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

Trump’s visit to the country follows the pattern of previous efforts by the president’s allies to push European politics to ...

Germany, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) AfD led the Ipsos poll with 25% support, up 4 points from its February election result. The Christian Democratic Union/Christian ...

A new poll shows the Alternative für Deutschland is now Germany’s most popular ... Founded in 2013, AfD won 4.7% in its first Bundestag election — just shy of the 5% threshold needed to ...