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

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

Analysts say Friedrich Merz will have one shot at fending off ascending populists and an increasingly hostile U.S.

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election , with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

Millions of Germans are deciding the next chancellor in snap elections Sunday with the center-right Christian Democratic ...

Germany's conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative for Germany came in second, its ...

The Christian Democratic Union’s likely victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...