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

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

Such a plan would mark a step-change in Germany’s traditionally conservative approach to public borrowing. Berlin in 2009 ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, ...

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

Compared to last October, the vote for the CDU/CSU is down slightly vis a vis the polls, the AfD have not rallied as much as ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

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