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

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc emerged as the frontrunner in Germany’s national election ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has triumphed at Germany’s ballot boxes, paving his way to become the next chancellor. His ...

Germany’s hard left has two main parties. Add them together and the dynamics are clearer. Treating Die Linke and BSW as one ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as ...

Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the countrys second-largest political party, marking a dramatic rise in ...

Germany Election Results 2025 - Friedrich Merz's party and its ally, the Christian Social Union, won 28.5 per cent in Germany ...

The center-right Christian Democrats won the most votes in Germany’s election, and the US stock market had its worst day in two months on Friday. Britain and India will relaunch talks on a ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has pledged to achieve “independence” from the United States after his centre-right alliance won ...

German Christian Democrats secure potential parliamentary majority through possible coalition with Social Democrats, ...

Germany once again has the luxury of forming a government from the political centre without major obstacles. Read more at ...

Merz has said he won’t govern with the number-two party. The far-right Alternative for Deutschland, or AfD, had its best night ever, came in with about 20 per cent of the vote. Instead, Merz will ...