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

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left Party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament, ...

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

Germany’s conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the elections, securing over 28% of the vote, while the far-right AfD ...

EVEN AS COUNTING continues in Germany’s election, three things are clear. The first is that the opposition conservative ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.

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

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

Merz called for German “independence from the USA” and lashed out at what he described as "ultimately outrageous" rhetoric ...

Friedrich Merz‘s conservatives have won Germany’s election, well ahead of rival parties but short of the 30% vote-share they had expected. “Let’s celebrate tonight and in the morning, we’ll get to ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A reform of Germany's constitutionally enshrined debt brake, which limits public borrowing, would be ...

Provisional results confirm that Friedrich Merz’s mainstream conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) won Germany’s national election, while the far-righ ...