BERLIN—Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable sense of relief in the parliament chamber after a historic loss in ...

On 2 May, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) officially designated the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a far-right extremist party, following a four-year review process.

After Germany’s federal domestic intelligence agency classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “proven” ...

From Germany labeling its second-largest party "extremist" to Sweden paying immigrants $35,000 to leave to nuclear tensions ...

Friedrich Merz Condemns U.S. Interference Amid Rising Support for Far-Right AfD ...

Germany’s intelligence service have labelling of the AfD as a “right-wing extremist group” in a classified report that’s had little scrutiny is deeply troubling, says Rainer Zitelmann Elon Musk and US ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable ...

The so-called “Office for the Protection of the Constitution” alleges that AfD undermines the free democratic order and violates the principle of human dignity by denying migrants the same rights as ...

With the assumption of office by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz as Chancellor of Germany 6 May, ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz was due to travel to Paris and Warsaw on Wednesday after winning a nail-biting ...

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...

In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in Germany’s modern history, he lost the parliament’s initial vote and needed a ...