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

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...

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.

The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU, is set to form a coalition after winning the most votes, per exit polls. The ...

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

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

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

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

Friedrich Merz’s mainstream Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to become Germany’s next chancellor after his center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party ...