BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party formally re-nominated her as its leader this week, kicking off the country’s 2017 federal elections next fall. It may be her toughest campaign ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear she was outraged after her party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union, voted with the AfD and the liberal Free Democratic Party on Wednesday to elect ...

Angela Merkel is steeling herself for another clash with an insurgent right-wing rival as Germans prepare to vote in local elections in her own backyard.. The Alternative For Germany (AFD), a new ...

Angela Merkel has won a fourth term as German Chancellor, but with her party’s lead in parliament cut and the country facing a surge in support for the far right.

Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle ...

Leif-Erik Holm of the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is mounting a robust challenge to Chancellor Angela Merkel in her constituency as she seeks re-election on Sept. 24.

Angela Merkel has won a fourth term as German Chancellor, but with her party's lead in parliament cut and the country facing a surge in support for the far right.

Chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear she was outraged after her party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union, voted with the AfD and the liberal Free Democratic Party on Wednesday to elect ...

Germany faced a political crisis Thursday after centrist parties breached a decades-old taboo and teamed up with the far-right Alternative for Germany in a regional parliament.

Angela Merkel is outraged after her party teamed up with the far-right Alternative for Germany to oust the premier of the state of Thuringia in eastern Germany.