After Germany's local elections, the CDU made significant gains, winning in Dortmund, Leverkusen and Bielefeld. Despite setbacks, the SPD celebrated victories in Cologne and other cities.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative party has won local elections in the country’s most populous state, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) nearly tripled its share of the ...

Initial projections show the center-right CDU set to win municipal elections across North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state. The far-right AfD party made major gains in the vote. Follow ...

The vote in NRW was seen as the first political mood test for the black-red federal government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) following the early federal election in February. The rise of the ...

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, went to the polls on Sunday. The municipal elections were the first vote since Chancellor Friedrich Merz took office and is seen as a litmus test ...

Participation was slightly higher by midday compared with the last local elections in 2020Christoph Hardt/Panama Pictures/picture alliance As polls closed in the municipal vote across North ...

The conservative CDU remains the strongest party after local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. However, the far-right Alternative for Germany tripled its 2020 ...

In Germany's western city of Gelsenkirchen, the far-right AfD did well in this year's general election. Now the party hopes to win in local elections there. It's a ...

Seven candidates from the far-right German political party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) died in the weeks preceding the Sept. 14, 2025, local elections in the German state of North ...

Six candidates for Germany’s far-right AfD party have died in recent weeks ahead of local elections in the large western state of North Rhine Westphalia. Police have said there is no suggestion of ...