Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament by six votes.

Germany's domestic intelligence agency last week classified the largest opposition party, the AfD, as "confirmed right-wing ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz has narrowly lost a vote to become the next chancellor. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an ...

The setback is a major embarrassment for the leader of the center-right Christian Democrats, less than three months after ...

German lawmakers are set to vote Tuesday on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz will become the country’s 10th ...

The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party has sued the domestic intelligence service for classifying it as a ...

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution last week designated the AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation ...

Germany’s foreign ministry hit back at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify the ...