New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed skepticism regarding a potential ban on the far-right AfD, which was ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has officially designated the country's main opposition party a right-wing extremist ...

As AfD grows in popularity, it gets potentially more dangerous — but also harder to ban. This could become a test for ...

Friedrich Merz takes office as Germany’s new chancellor under a cloud of uncertainty. With internal dissent, a surging far ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz narrowly lost a vote in the Bundestag to become the next chancellor in an unexpected setback that plunges the country into political uncertainty. Shane ...

His countrymen, he declares, will have to ‘engage’ with the AfD, ‘factually and on substance.’ ...

Merz's first-round failure shows risks of shutting out AfD AfD, designated "extremist", thrives on political instability Merz's setback weakens trust in institutions, pollster says At least 18 members ...

Friedrich Merz has been elected German chancellor at the second time of trying – the first time someone in his position has ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025, ...

and instead let the AfD dominate that issue, which heated up politically until it could not be ignored. Now a harder task will fall to the new chancellor, Friedrich Merz. He has already stumbled ...

Merz holds the lowest favorability rating of any incoming postwar chancellor and is the first to fail to secure a parliamentary majority in the initial confirmation vote. The AfD now has a narrow lead ...