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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 ...

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

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 visited a spaceport in Norway set to be a launchpad for Bavarian rockets. DW has the latest.

City authorities in Dresden are evacuating thousands of residents after the discovery of a World War II era bomb. Meanwhile, defense giant Rheinmetall reports record profits as Europe scrambles to ...

The German bishops' conference announced that it has elected Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim as its next president. He will serve as president for a six-year term, succeeding Bishop Georg Bätzing ...