German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces his first electoral test since taking office last May on Sunday, when voters go to the ...

During the campaign in the lead-up to the vote, one of the AfD’s national party leaders, Alice Weidel, appeared in front of Mercedes-Benz’s biggest factory, outside Stuttgart, alongside the party’s ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years. The latest result cements a shift to the right in Europe.

Chancellor Merz is campaigning in Baden-Württemberg where the first of five state elections this year takes place The outcome will be seen as a test of what voters think of his first ten months as ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has emerged as the strongest party in local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, according to initial projections ...

Bishop Wilmer has supported Germany’s controversial Synodal Way reforms, including blessings for same-sex couples and ...

A bruising election campaign in the prosperous south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg enters the home stretch on Friday, with just two days to go until polls open in a vote that could pile ...

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Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim struck a spiritual tone after his election. His record shows him as a firm supporter of Germany’s controversial Synodal Way.