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

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

Financial markets rose on the likelihood of a two-party coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, with Germany's benchmark ...

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

Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election​, while far ...

The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar ...

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election , with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...

The Christian Democratic Union party is projected to win the election, but the far-right Alternative for Germany is set for ...

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.