Four days of national events commence on Monday including military processions, a fly past and extracts read from Churchill's ...

Vice President JD Vance, who met with Weidel after the elections in February, wrote on social media that AfD was “by far the most representative” party in formerly Communist eastern Germany ...

Friedrich Merz has won a vote to become the chancellor of Germany just hours after failing at the first attempt to form a coalition. The 69-year-old leader of the Conservative Christian Democratic ...

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor of Germany after facing a historic loss in the Bundestag. In the second round, 325 lawmakers voted for Merz, bringing him past the 316-vote threshold.

He broke a political taboo in the process, by trying to pass the measures with the help of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD. But the final vote failed, after many lawmakers from Mr ...

Friedrich Merz has been confirmed as the new chancellor of Germany after a second vote in the country’s parliament – hours after falling six votes short at the first attempt in an ...

Gaza aid dries up as Israeli blockade enters a third month Friedrich Merz wins on second ballot to become Germany’s chancellor, hours after his historic defeat The world marks the 80th ...