German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

John Emerson, former U.S. ambassador to Germany, discusses the German election result, which he describes as "very good news.

Germany's mainstream conservatives have won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

The 69-year-old head of the centre-right Union bloc, which won the country's national election with 28.6 per cent of the ...

We look forward to continuing our joint work with Germany to protect lives, bring real peace closer to Ukraine, and ...

A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

Friedrich Merz led the party to a 28.6% share of the vote. The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came second with ...

World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader. The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which ...

Conservatives expected to have tough coalition talks after the far-right AfD surged to become Germany’s second-largest party.

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BERLIN - The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Germany's Left party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament that is required to block changes to the constitution, including ...