Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the U.S., step by step.” That won’t be easy, for Europe ...

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% ...

The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar ...

Germany's elections saw the far-right AfD secure over 20% of the vote, marking its highest-ever share. The CDU/CSU led by ...

Financial markets rose on the likelihood of a two-party coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, with Germany's benchmark ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats, who finished first in Sunday’s election, has vowed ...

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

"Germany faces a multitude of problems, a number of them self-inflicted, and on multiple fronts- domestic, economic and the ...

The far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany surged to become the second-largest political force in the country.