Around 800 people marched through the centre of Frankfurt in a protest against Alternative for Germany (AfD), as the party prepares to enter the Hesse state parliament for the first time.
Angela Merkel will step down as German chancellor when her mandate ends in 2021, a party source told AFP Monday, following a series of political crises and regional vote debacles rocking her fragile coalition.
Following a massive loss of votes in Hesse's elections, Merkel announced her willingness to step down as the CDU chair after 18 years, at a meeting of party leadership on Monday.
The parties of German Chancellor
Angela Merkel's right-left "grand coalition" took a beating Sunday, strengthening fears that the second tough regional election in as many weeks could threaten the alliance's survival.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party suffered heavy losses in Sunday's regional election in Hesse state, according to an exit poll.
Last year the Green Party suffered the humiliation of being ejected from the Saarland state parliament before limping in last in the national election. 12 months later they scored a stunning success in the Bavarian state election, a feat they are set to repeat on Sunday in Hesse. What explains this remarkable turnaround?
A rising star of Germany's Greens party, Tarek Al-Wazir hopes to score big in regional polls Sunday at the expense of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.
In light of falling poll results, German Chancellor Angela Merkel sees the status of the Christian Democrats (CDU) as a people's party in danger. Is there hope before the elections in Hesse this Sunday?
Shortly over a week before the state elections in Hesse, the Greens are on the upswing, according to a new poll, while the CDU and SPD have to reckon with massive losses of votes.
