German Chancellor Friedrich Merz narrowly averted a government crisis after securing an absolute majority for a pensions bill ...

Germany's parliament on Friday approved a pension reform package that had prompted a rebellion in the ranks of Chancellor ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ability to control his unruly coalition faces a test on Friday when parliament votes on a ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is planning to seek election as chancellor in a second round of voting, his parliamentary group said on Tuesday, after Merz failed to garner the necessary ...

The preliminary results of Germany’s national election on Sunday are in, with conservative parties winning the most votes and the far-right nearly doubling its seats in the national legislature.

In August and September 2025, posts online claimed that over the course of two weeks, several members of the far-right German political party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) died in the weeks ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader seeking to become Germany’s next chancellor, failed to obtain the necessary votes to win the position in parliament on Tuesday. Out of a total of 630 votes, ...

I am usually in Berlin, covering Germany and Central Europe. And one story that recently caught my eye came out of Germany's national election a few weeks ago. I like to look at demographics after an ...