Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party, slammed Merz’s failure proof that his ...

Germany's domestic security agency classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist" on Friday, allowing for closer ...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the slowing economy subsequently give the party a boost, and it also benefits from infighting in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's unwieldy ... owner of Tesla and adviser to ...

Germany’s acting chancellor Olaf Scholz was set to bow out of office on Friday evening with a special “grand tattoo” military ceremony and a familiar Beatles tune. After three years ...

Conservative Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in on Tuesday as Germany's new chancellor at a critical juncture as the ...

Germany will get a new Chancellor in CDU chief Friedrich Merz next week. Interestingly, Merz’s minority government has a coalition deal with his rival and former Chancellor, Olaf Scholz’s SPD. Social ...

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday cautioned against hasty attempts to ban the far-right AfD, emphasizing that the Constitutional Court has set high thresholds for party ban cases.

outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday. "I am against a quick shot, we have to evaluate the classification carefully," he said at a church convention in the northern city of Hanover.