Friedrich Merz streckt die Hand aus. Die SPD steht vor einer schwierigen Entscheidung. Welche Rolle spielt das Soziale?

Berlin – Die Bundestagswahl ist entschieden. Und die Ergebnisse machen eins deutlich: Obwohl die Union mit ihrem Kanzlerkandidaten Friedrich Merz schwächer abschnitt als erwartet, erzielten CDU und ...

German voters are heading to the polls for a national election. German voters are heading to the polls Sunday for a national ...

The German electorate has boosted conservative Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in transatlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?

Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, ...

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 Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, crumbling ...

Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...

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

Germany has long been considered to have relatively ambitious climate goals and it’s likely that combatting climate change ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...