Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

Triumphant CDU leader hits out at Washington and calls for stronger European security amid attempts to build government.

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

Germany has long been considered to have relatively ambitious climate goals and it’s likely that combatting climate change ...

Following rare back-to-back economic contractions in 2023 and 2024, German businesses are hopeful that a new government ...

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

Officials warn that Germany's federal elections on Sunday might be the last gasp of normalcy in the Bundenstag if establishment parties don't fulfill voters' expectations.

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

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...