SCHWERIN, Germany — German voters went to the polls on Sunday in two state elections that look likely to heap more pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz, whose future has been in the balance since the far right's triumph in another regional vote this month. The elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pome»»»

BERLIN, April 25 - Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) rose to a record 28% in the latest weekly INSA voting intention poll published on Saturday, widening its lead over the conservative bloc to four percentage points. The result marked the highest level ever recorded for the party by»»»

FDP leader Christian Dürr said he would seek reelection at a party conference in May. Party leader Christian Dürr and the executive board of Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) resigned on Monday following a pair of crushing election defeats — with Dürr vowing to return. The FDP flopped in »»»

No second nail-biter in German politics this month. After the last-minute victory of the Greens in the Baden-Wuerttemberg elections two weeks ago, the elections in Rhineland-Palatinate seem to have yielded a clean-cut result. According to the preliminary results at 7.30pm CET, the CDU was at 30.8% »»»