Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, is holding local elections on Sunday. The vote is seen as an early test for Chancellor Merz's fragile coalition. Follow DW for the latest.Voters ...

In September the German approach to the hard right will face a stern test in two state elections. The vote in Saxony-Anhalt ...

At the annual meeting of the Junge Union, the joint youth organisation of the CDU/CSU ruling coalition, the divide between ...

BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party finished first in municipal polls in Germany's most populous state, but the biggest winner in the first electoral test since Merz's government took power was ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is warning Syrian refugees to return to their country or else face deportation. The center-right leader said that following the end of the nation’s civil war, the ...

The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz addresses a press conference after a CDU party leadership's meeting at the party's headquarters the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus in ...

Election campaign posters for (from L) the Free Democrats (FDP), the Left Party (Die Linke), the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party (Die Gruenen), and the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) ...

Left-wing firebrand Sahra Wagenknecht takes a back seat as country debates military service and main Protestant church ...