By Friederike Heine and James Mackenzie BERLIN, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A German court granted the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) an injunction on Thursday ordering the domestic intelligence agency ...

Germany's governing conservative party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), on Friday re-elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz as its chairman. Merz was backed by a large majority of 91.

The court's ruling further suspends a German intelligence agency designation of the AfD as a 'confirmed right-wing extremist' group, which would allow it to step up surveillance measures, such as ...

By Andreas Rinke STUTTGART, Germany, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Friday not to let the far-right ...

A year after his election win, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a congress of his conservative party Friday, bruised by ...

Turmoil has engulfed the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD). Allegations of nepotism and weak leadership are ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and Correspondent Rob Schmitz discuss Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at to the Munich Security Conference.

German voters have chosen a new direction in a crucial federal election that will reshape the country's political landscape. Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be headed for the strongest showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday's national election and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country.

The Social Democrats were once a "big tent" party, with the support of almost half of Germany's electorate. Now, the SPD is ...