The AfD won its second first-place result in state elections this year, bringing the party closer to regional power than any far-right party since WWII.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s beleaguered conservative party had its worst election showing on Sunday since the formation of the modern state after World War II — as the right-wing Alternative ...

Another local election drubbing for the ruling CDU has increased political instability and threatens growth prospects, economists said.

By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz was clinging to power on Monday after his conservative party tumbled to its worst regional election defeat ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party is facing a dire set of results in state elections, exit polls show, and is set to be squeezed both by the surging far-right ...

Local elections are taking place in two German states on Sunday which could increase the political pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Opinion polls in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommerm suggest ...

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is trying to convince leaders from his conservative party to stick with him at a Monday morning meeting after his Christian Democratic Union suffered its worst-ever ...

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German State Election Losses Risk Snarling Merz's Reform Agenda By James Mackenzie BERLIN, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz may have survived the triumph of the far right in this ⁠month's ...

Campaigning in the Baltic port city of Rostock this week, the eastern German state premier seeking to extend her nine-year tenure took Friedrich Merz to task for failing to address surging fuel prices ...