Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union is set to take the reins of power in Berlin after placing first in snap ...

THE last time Germany held a snap national election, in 2005, there was a change of power from left-of-centre to ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU win in Germany's early election signaled a shift in the political landscape, as dissatisfaction with ...

President Trump congratulated Fredrich Merz—and himself—after Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union prevailed in ...

AfD saw the biggest victory of a far right party since WWII as Social Democrats suffered their largest postwar defeat.

Friedrich Merz is most likely to become Germany's next chancellor, with the Christian Democratic Union topping votes at just under 29%.

The U.S. president's current approach to the conflict suggests he underestimates America's interest in supporting Kyiv.

Decades after the unification of Germany, the rise of extremist parties has divided the country once again, leaving the ...

Europe has been rattled by hostile remarks by US Vice-President JD Vance and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and threats that Europe could no longer count on US military support if attacked.

The German electorate has boosted conservative Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in transatlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?

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

All three parties in the former governing coalition lost seats, with the centre-left Social Democrats falling to 120 seats, the Greens to 85 and the Liberal Party losing all its seats. While the Left ...