Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...

The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday he had invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that he would invite him to Germany in ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

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

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.