Members of his coalition clashed over his unpopular reform agenda. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz clung to power after his party's worst regional defeat in post-War Germany, as the AfD topped a state election again.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz clung to power after his party's worst regional defeat in post-War Germany, as the AfD topped a state election again.

The German Chancellor is in a fight for his political life tonight as exit polls suggest his party has performed very badly in two more state elections.

BERLIN: Germany's far-right AfD predicted on Monday (Sep 21) that Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be out of office before the end of the year, a day after his centre-right CDU party suffered two bruising state election defeats.The Alternative for Germany came first in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-West

Merz’s centre-right CDU hovered just above 5% in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the point where it would crash out of parliament.

Germany’s political landscape has been severely shaken following a brutal round of state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin. For Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his ruling...

In another election in Berlin, the far-left Linke party topped the polls with 25.3 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com.