The more the dominant but shrinking parties try to marginalize rightwing AfD, the quicker they sow stagnation and failure ...

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

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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 ...

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

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

The new government must "focus on getting the economy out of its structural stagnation...if the main motivation of such a ...

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

Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, crumbling ...

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

The party led by Friedrich Merz won the country's national election; the primary voter issues were the economy and ...

After an election dominated by immigration and economic issues, Germany’s likely new chancellor is Friedrich Merz, the leader of the conservative Christian Democrats. His party finished first with ...