BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party finished first in municipal polls in Germany’s most populous state, but the ...

After Germany's local elections, the CDU made significant gains, winning in Dortmund, Leverkusen and Bielefeld. Despite ...

By Petra Wischgoll and Thomas Escritt GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) -Friedrich Merz promised to cut the far right down to size. This Sunday, he faces his first big electoral test since becoming ...

As many as six candidates for Germany's far-right AfD have died in recent weeks ahead of local elections in the big western ...

The AfD was classified as a right-wing extremist organization by Germany's spy agency in May, but the description has been ...

Seven candidates from the far-right German political party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) died in the weeks preceding the Sept. 14, 2025, local elections in the German state of North ...

Alternative for Germany, which came in second in national elections earlier this year, nearly tripled its vote share in in North Rhine-Westphalia, a region home to some 18 million ...

Officials are seeking to calm speculation after the deaths of several candidates, including seven from the Alternative for ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) would emerge as the leading party in the north-eastern German state of ...

Five direct AfD candidates and two reserve candidates in North Rhine-Westphalia died within 14 days of each other.

The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz addresses a press conference after a CDU party leadership's meeting at the party's headquarters the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus in ...

Macron, Merz, Tusk praised Moldovans for their peaceful elections and reaffirmed support for country's EU membership bid - ...