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

The man poised to become Germany's next chancellor accused President Trump of being indifferent to Europe’s plight and blasted Washington’s interference in the general election. Friedrich Merz has ...

The Christian Democrats are forming a new coalition, with plans that include a possible restart of nuclear power.

Sunday’s federal elections in Germany were held at a time when Germany’s support for human rights both at home and on the ...

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

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged victorious in Germany’s snap parliamentary elections, dealing a significant blow to ...

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

The new government must "focus on getting the economy out of its structural stagnation...if the main motivation of such a ...

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

Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, crumbling ...