German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives are on course for their worst-ever performance in a state election, exit polls showed on Sunday, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

Chancellor acknowledges disastrous state election results but vow to push on is likely to further alienate voters, and his own party ...

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

By James Mackenzie BERLIN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Germany's far right and far left both made big gains in Sunday's state elections, exposing yet again the erosion of the political centre in Europe's ...

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 ...

Since the 2024 European elections, Germany's right and far right have repeatedly voted together to toughen immigration laws, ...

Reported by: Marcel Fürstenau Two of Germany's 16 federal states, Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, have just elected ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a struggle to stabilize his position and keep his agenda on track after voters ...

The chancellor has come under increasing pressure after resounding state election defeats, but says the results "go far ...

The chancellor intends to stay on despite 'disaster' for his conservative CDU party, which was squeezed at the polls by both ...

Debacle: ruling CDU failed to reach the 5% threshold and is out of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania regional parliament.

Boris Rhein from Hesse has also occasionally been floated as an alternative to Merz, but has a relatively low public profile. In each case, contenders might want to keep their powder dry for longer, ...