Württemberg, ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU. The far-right AfD was the third strongest party, having made ...

Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) were reeling on Sunday after plunging to their worst ever result in a German ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a prominent candidate ...

BERLIN, March 9 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Sunday's election in the southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg was a "bitter" result for his conservatives but would not affect the ...

The co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday said she was "very satisfied" after projections showed ...

BERLIN, March 9 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz repeated on Monday his conservatives would not cooperate with ...

But the Greens, which have led coalition governments in Baden-Württemberg since 2011, narrowly secured the largest share of ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years. The latest result cements a shift to the right in Europe.

The German Greens have beaten Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU in a state election seen as a test for the German leader, according to exit polls.

The first of five state elections this year is being seen as a barometer of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's popularity A survey shows that many people in Germany are plagued by financial worries Plus, ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU faces a regional election Sunday, the first of several this year in which ...

Leader’s centre-right CDU party is hoping to beat Greens in Sunday’s election in Baden-Württemberg ...