Local elections are taking place in two German states on Sunday which could increase the political pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Opinion polls in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommerm suggest ...

By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz was clinging to power on Monday after his conservative party tumbled to its worst regional election defeat ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s beleaguered conservative party had its worst election showing on Sunday since the formation of the modern state after World War II — as the right-wing Alternative ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives posted their worst-ever result in a German state election, where exit polls showed his party with single-digit support in a northeastern Baltic coast region ...

New Germany coach Jurgen Klopp says his team can help ensure "national pride is not entrusted to the wrong people" after a recent far-right election victory.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the state election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, its second state victory in just two weeks, while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative party ...

German markets will focus on whether the nationalist’s party win forces the chancellor to alter structural reforms that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO - A voter sits in a voting booth and casts a ballot. Saxony-Anhalt elects a new state parliament on Sunday. (is ...

Merz, an ⁠instinctive pro-business fiscal conservative, came to power in 2025, pledging broad reforms to revive a German economy which has seen its industrial base steadily eroded by relentless ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has scheduled a crisis meeting as Germans began voting in two state elections on Sunday.

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