BERLIN, March 22 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) were on course to win an election in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Sunday, ahead ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merz's CDU until recently enjoyed large poll leads in the state but these have shrunk in recent months (THOMAS KIENZLE) (THOMAS ...

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By James Mackenzie and Friederike Heine BERLIN, March 22 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) took the lead in an election in the western state of ...

BERLIN(AP) — Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU faces a regional election Sunday, the first of several this year in which it hopes to stem the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).