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

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

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

Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, said he was under "no illusions" about the White House's impact on ...

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

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

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

While the far right made historic gains in Germany’s pivotal federal elections on Sunday, the conservative Christian ...

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

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

Is the outcome of the German election bullish for European stocks? It depends on the degree to which “realpolitik” prevails ...