Angela Merkel criticises CDU party leader after far-right asylum vote

Germany's former Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised her own party leader for passing a motion in parliament with support from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Merkel's CDU party suffers heavy setbacks in two state elections - China.org.cn

Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party suffered heavy setbacks in two state elections on Sunday, an inauspicious start in the key election year which is expected to produce a successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Merkel says will seek new term to defend democratic values

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she would seek a fourth term in elections next year to defend democratic principles but that she expected her toughest campaign to date.

Merkel's CDU backs Steinmeier for German presidency

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) will endorse Social Democrat Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as a candidate for the presidency, according to sources in the government.

126 German politicians sign urgent letter against Merkel's refugee policies

A total of 126 politicians of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) called on their party leader to change her course on refugee policies, German newspaper Bild reported Wednesday.

Germany's euroskeptic AfD surges to win seats in two states(exit polls)

BERLIN - Germany's euroskeptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party surged to win 10 percent or more of the vote in two states on Sunday and will now have seats in three eastern German state assemblies, according to TV exit polls.

The AfD, a rival to the right of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), won 10 percent of the vote in Thuringia and 12 percent in Brandenburg, according to polls announced after voting ended at 6 p.m. (Noon EDT)

The party, which was founded in early 2013 to oppose euro zone bailouts, won a shock 9.7 percent in an election in Saxony two weeks ago on a campaign that is now also heavily focused on law and order.