Greens projected to take lead in Baden-Württemberg state while AfD almost doubles vote share, according to projections ...

Cem Ozdemir of the German Greens pulled off a hard-fought victory in a key state poll on Sunday and is now set to become the ...

The wealthy south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg heads to the polls on Sunday, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ...

By James Mackenzie BERLIN, March 6 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces his first electoral test since taking ...

Cem Özdemir is set to become the first politician with Turkish roots to lead a German federal state. His Green Party won elections in the wealthy southwestern region of Baden-Württemberg.

Württemberg, ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU. The far-right AfD was the third strongest party, having made ...

The Greens' candidate Cem Ozdemir is likely to become Germany’s first state premier of Turkish heritage, pending coalition talks.

F IFTEEN YEARS ago the state of Baden-Württemberg sent tremors across Germany by electing the country’s first—and so far only—Green-led government. Two weeks before that vo ...

BERLIN, March 8 (Reuters) - Germany's environmental Greens are set to win a state election in the southern region of Baden-Wuerttemberg, leaving them poised to continue a coalition with Chancellor ...

Germany's Greens have won the state election in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), according to ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was headed for defeat against the Greens in a wealthy south-western German state that was once a conservative stronghold. The Greens ...

Özdemir’s election slogan was “economy, economy, economy”, portraying his state’s fate as a precursor to the wider German picture. CDU frontman Hagel meanwhile has promised drastic reforms to stop the ...