Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

Germany has long been considered to have relatively ambitious climate goals and it’s likely that combatting climate change ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Far right Afd’s surge is ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, victorious Merz says - Friedrich Merz set to become new ...

Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz on Monday faced the task of quickly building a new government that is eagerly awaited ...

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won the national election on Sunday, while far-right Alternative for ...

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

EVEN AS COUNTING continues in Germany’s election, three things are clear. The first is that the opposition conservative ...

Germany’s conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the elections, securing over 28% of the vote, while the far-right AfD gained over 20%. Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD suffered a historic low ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years after the head of the centre-right opposition, Friedrich ...

Friedrich Merz‘s conservatives have won Germany’s election, well ahead of rival parties but short of the 30% vote-share they had expected. “Let’s celebrate tonight and in the morning, we’ll get to ...