Merz’s priority will be to form a government with the third-placed Social Democrats (SPD), led by Germany’s current ...

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is working overtime to warn Germans that the time of stagnation that prevailed under the former chancellor Olaf Scholz must come to an end.

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

“This is a historic success for us—our best result ever,” AfD’s chancellor candidate and co-leader, Alice Weidel, told ...

Elon Musk has continued his public association with Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, sending a ...

As a new chapter in German politics begins on Monday following the federal election at the weekend, there’s a distinct ...

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

Both the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland and the far-left Die Linke saw significant gains and were the most popular ...

The Alternative for Germany party, which achieved the best result in its history in the elections (20.8%), could have taken ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU secured 28.52% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 20.8% of the ...

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