Germany elected a new government headed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a center-right party, sweeping out the ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Monday insisted that the "responsibility" to lead negotiations on the formation of ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz, Germany's election winner, has warned the U.S. against alienating allies while urging Europe to enhance its defense capabilities amid a tense transatlantic scenario. Merz's ...

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

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...