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

Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

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

Germany's federal and state government tax revenue rose 8.9% in January from the previous year, the finance ministry said in ...

Germany's conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz welcomed on Monday the interest shown by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

Friedrich Merz speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Berlin.

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...

Following rare back-to-back economic contractions in 2023 and 2024, German businesses are hopeful that a new government ...

Amnesty International has slammed Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union and possible next ...

The outcome of the German election “has not resulted in a clear path to the constitution being changed to allow for a step ...

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...