Bavaria's conservatives came in first in the southern German state's local elections, but had to concede slight losses as the ...

A study suggests the German chancellor is struggling domestically as his party failed to win a key state election, while ...

Württemberg, ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU. The far-right AfD was the third strongest party, having made ...

The Social Democrats were once a "big tent" party, with the support of almost half of Germany's electorate. This year, five ...

The first of five state elections this year is being seen as a barometer of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's popularity A survey ...

Jana Schimke, a former CDU member of the Bundestag from Brandenburg and now head of Germany’s hotel and restaurant association, belongs to the party’s conservative wing, which long bristled at ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years. The latest result cements a shift to the right in Europe.

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's conservative CSU approved a coalition deal with its CDU sister party and the Social Democrats (SPD) on Thursday, a day after they presented a programme to revive ...

The conservative Christian Democratic Union party, led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, pushed on Saturday for lawmakers to reverse the country's nearly two-year-old law legalizing some cannabis use.

Conservative and centre-left parties in Germany have reached a deal to form a new government after weeks of negotiations, paving the way for new leadership in Europe's biggest economy after months of ...

The most striking result of the Baden-Württemberg state election on Sunday is the collapse of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The party of Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil and Federal Labour Minister ...