He has repeatedly pledged not to work with the far-right anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party despite their second-place finish.

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Italian Air Force jets had to escort an American Airlines plane to Rome because of a security concern, which ultimately proved to be “non-credible.” The flight was on its way from New York to New ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

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By Kirsti Knolle and Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservatives under Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to quickly ...

While the far right made historic gains in Germany's elections on Sunday, Conservative politician Friedrich Merz won with ...

Analysts say Friedrich Merz will have one shot at fending off ascending populists and an increasingly hostile U.S.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support from the far-right AfD to push an anti-immigration motion through ...