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

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

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

Germany's conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz welcomed on Monday the interest shown by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

Germany's likely next chancellor warned Europe can no longer rely on its American allies: "I never thought I would end up one ...

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc won most votes in Sunday's national election and could form a government with the Social ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

Weidel said voters had delivered a “clear majority” for a coalition with the AfD, which came second, and the winning ...

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a ...

At the start of November last year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner - the leader of one of ...

German far-right leader Alice Weidel said she missed a congratulatory call from tech billionaire Elon Musk after Sunday's ...