Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the United States, step by step.” That won’t be easy, for Europe or for the United States.

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

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

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

Germany's far-right party, the AfD, finished second in my country's elections; next time, we may not be so lucky.

Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany party on January 25, 2025, in Halle, Germany. In the ...

Germans have given establishment parties one last chance. Right-wing populists wait on the sidelines. PARIS — The good news ...

Mohammad Azmouz, a Syrian barber living in Berlin, said casting his first ever vote on Sunday at the age of 57 was an ...

Frederick Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democrats, is virtually assured of becoming Germany’s next chancellor.

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged victorious in Germany’s snap parliamentary elections, dealing a significant blow to ...