A member of Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has broken rank to call for the chancellor’s resignation.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz doubled down Monday on pushing through unpopular reforms to Europe’s largest economy after a far-right party surged to a landslide victory in a regional election, with a very good chance of forming the first far-right state government since the Nazi era.

The far-right AfD's triumph in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt marks a defeat for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and sends a warning to other European leaders battling the same mixture of slow growth and ​disillusion with mainstream politics.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday he will not give up after the resounding victory for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The far-right party won a

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his government will have to learn the lessons from an overwhelming victory by the far right in a state election that he said will alter the country’s politics.

The state election result could lead to a debate over the future of the firewall that has kept the Alternative for Germany out of power.

GERMAN Chancellor Friedrich Merz refused to abandon unpopular economic policies yesterday after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a landslide victory in a regional election.The anti-migration AfD fell three seats short of a majority in Sunday’s vote in the small eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt,

Deeply shocked' by the far right's regional victory on Sunday, the chancellor now has to contend with his coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party, which wants to renegotiate pension reform. For its part,

By Maria Martinez BERLIN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The far-right's historic election victory in a German state election has reopened divisions in Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government, with calls by his Social Democrat coalition partners for planned economic and social reforms to be softened.