Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded his center-left Social ...

A far-right party has come second in a German national election for the first time since the Second World War.

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is poised to win the German election, with Friedrich Merz set to become the new ...

Merz's Conservative alliance secured the highest votes in a high-stakes German elections held on Sunday, bringing him into ...

On 23 February, Germany will vote to decide who will run their next federal government. There’s five candidates running to be ...

The euro opened higher on Monday while stock futures were volatile as Germany's conservatives won the national election as ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to replace Olaf Scholz as the next German Chancellor. Merz has promised to crack down on illegal ...

Germany's opposition conservatives won a national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next ...

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.

Germany's likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz questioned on Sunday whether NATO would remain in its "current form" by June ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...