Germany's alliance of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) is leading in polls, but with a thinning margin over the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Support for Germany's conservative CDU/CSU alliance has dropped to 28% ahead of elections on February 23, a poll showed on ...

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, also in the SPD, said Merz's decisions this week "shamed the conservative CDU/CSU alliance and damaged democracy as a whole." Protesters urge Merz to ...