Germany’s Friedrich Merz has pledged to gain “independence” from the US after his centre-right CDU/CSU alliance won ...

The left-wing conservative BSW party fell just short of the 5% threshold to enter the Bundestag with a nail-biting share of 4 ...

Germany's political newcomer, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), said on Monday it might legally challenge the results of ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

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Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Germany's Robert Habeck, who had run in Sunday's election as the chancellor candidate for the environmentalist Greens, said ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader ...

German stocks rose modestly after a solid election victory for the conservative Friedrich Merz left him with a clear path to ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his centre-Right Christian Democratic Union [CDU] party won ...

President Trump and Elon Musk float the idea of giving taxpayers checks with savings from government cuts. Germany’s ...

AfD's rise to become the second-largest party in Germany on Sunday's election is a boost to the country's conservative ...