Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream Conservatives ...

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a ...

Germany's CDU/CSU conservative alliance won Sunday's general election election and the Elon Musk-endorsed far-right, ...

Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its ...

Voters turned out in record numbers for the German election. Here’s a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in ...

The treasurer’s visit to Washington this week shows the difficulties of navigating the risks and presidential whims ...

Germany’s centre-right leader Friedrich Merz has won federal elections, and is set to steer Europe’s largest economy towards a more stable government as he seeks to form a coalition with the ...

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that ...

Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a ...

Merz had signalled openness to reforming Germany’s “debt brake” to finance badly needed infrastructure investments and a ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation's second-largest party, according to provisional results following Sunday's ...

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc emerged as the frontrunner in Germany’s national election ...