Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises ...

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

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

Merz has pledged to tighten immigration controls, introducing a five-point plan that includes stricter border checks, entry ...

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

European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory Tuesday as a lukewarm mood pervades global markets. The U.K.'s FTSE ...

After Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a plurality of seats in federal elections Sunday, party ...

The outcome of the German election “has not resulted in a clear path to the constitution being changed to allow for a step ...

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

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

Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said an 'absolute priority' for him will be to distance Europe from the U.S.