German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party is facing a dire set of results in state elections, exit polls show, and is set to ...

“That was no coincidence,” said Moritz Küpper, the co-author of a 2023 biography of Wüst. “As premier of Germany’s most populous state, being chancellor material is de facto a requirement, and Wüst ...

For the past six years, Germany has either been in recession or stagnated. By comparison, real GDP in the United States has increased by more than 15 percent since 2020, while the economies of the ...

As the far right surges, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s unpopular economic policies and gruff manner have failed to sway voters turned by rivals’ promises of easy fixes.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz issued a stark warning Monday, declaring that Jewish life in Germany “is no longer safe” amid a surge in antisemitism. “The fact that Jewish life in Germany is no ...

Friedrich Merz clinging to power after Christian Democratic Union loses two state elections ...

Germany's hard-right AfD today predicted that Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be out of office before the end of the year, a day after his centre-right CDU party suffered two bruising state election ...

Before Sunday’s regional elections, speculation was rife about Merz’s survival. In the aftermath, he is now fighting for his ...