Merz was elected chancellor Tuesday during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt told reporters in Berlin that police at the border would be increased in coming days.

Rubio and others bashed the German government over its spy agency's designation of the AfD as an "extremist" group.

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

Germany's domestic intelligence service has classified the popular Alternative for Germany party as "extremist," allowing for ...

The incoming German government of Friedrich Merz said it will tighten and expand border controls in an effort to combat ...

Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio blasted Germany’s government for labeling the far-right Alternative ...

Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy—it’s tyranny in disguise,” Rubio ...

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

the party accused the intelligence service of violating the constitution by trying to criminalize what the AfD said was permitted expressions of opinion and criticism of German immigration policy ...