The 69-year-old faces lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right AfD surged to a historic second place in a fractured ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor, but he has a long road ahead of him to form government and hold ...

Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins, writes Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker.

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrat-led bloc secured 208 out of 630 seats in the lower house of parliament, meaning its ...

Germany's election delivered a fragmented result, with CDU/CSU winning 28.5% but needing SPD to form a ‘Grand Coalition.’ ...

The global situation is changing dramatically day by day, which requires a capable German government, says leader of ...

Sunday’s federal elections in Germany were held at a time when Germany’s support for human rights both at home and on the ...

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

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

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