Moves to distance party from extremist figures reveal tensions between electoral ambition and ideological hardliners ...

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after his opposition conservatives won elections on Sunday, in a vote that also ...

BERLIN — The Christian Democratic Union and the allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal election on Sunday, according to exit polls from German ...

Germany's longest-serving state premier is stepping down on Tuesday ahead of a crucial election later this year that could see the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) make unprecedented gains.