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 is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar ...

Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election​, while far ...

Polls opened across Germany on Sunday in an election that could shape Europe’s response to the new Trump administration, the ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...