Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the centre-Right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), has emerged as the winner of Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU, is set to form a coalition after winning the most votes, per exit polls. The ...

The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the ...

But Alternative for Germany, known as AfD, is unlikely to join Germany’s governing coalition. The party that won the election, the Christian Democratic Union, has pledged to boycott AfD — despite a ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to become Germany’s next chancellor after his center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party ...

As a new chapter in German politics begins on Monday following the federal election at the weekend, there’s a distinct ...

It is the closest thing to a referendum on mass migration, in a country where referendums are not condoned by the ...

AfD's rise to become the second-largest party in Germany on Sunday's election is a boost to the country's conservative ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...