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

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU faces a regional election Sunday, the first of several this year in which it hopes to stem the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz addresses the media at the press conference following the meeting of the CDU Federal Executive ...

Germany's environmental Greens took a narrow lead ​over Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives in a state election in the southwestern region of ‌Baden-Wuerttemberg on Sunday, early projections ...

BERLIN(AP) — Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a ...

Another test case for Germany:s government: Voters will go to the polls in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany's wine-growing region and home of Donald Trump's ancestors.The largest US air base outside the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Election workers prepate ballots for counting. Daniel Vogl/dpa The mayor of a small town in the southern German state of Bavaria ...

Berlin, Mar 9 (AP) Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a ...