Opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) claimed victory. while Chancellor Olaf ...

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

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

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

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social ...

The American message in Munich a week ago made German-US relations an unexpectedly divisive German election issue. Germans ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany party on January 25, 2025, in Halle, Germany. In the ...

The likely next chancellor will face obstruction from the far left and far right, Desmond Lachman writes in a guest ...

An astounding map that has emerged from Germany’s general election has shown just how divided the nation at the heart of Europe is.

The leader of the party said she received the call after the party known as the AfD finished second in national elections, by ...

Colorado State University gears up to host a Democracy Summit featuring speakers Darrick Hamilton and NCAA's Charlie Baker.

Officials from Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats and the SPD are discussing ways to free up resources to beef up the ...