THE last time Germany held a snap national election, in 2005, there was a change of power from left-of-centre to ...

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

Friedrich Merz's CDU win in Germany's early election signaled a shift in the political landscape, as dissatisfaction with ...

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Decades after the unification of Germany, the rise of extremist parties has divided the country once again, leaving the ...

Friedrich Merz is most likely to become Germany's next chancellor, with the Christian Democratic Union topping votes at just under 29%.

All three parties in the former governing coalition lost seats, with the centre-left Social Democrats falling to 120 seats, the Greens to 85 and the Liberal Party losing all its seats. While the Left ...

Europe has been rattled by hostile remarks by US Vice-President JD Vance and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and threats that Europe could no longer count on US military support if attacked.

Thirty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the early euphoria of reunification, enduring economic inequalities between East and West have hollowed out support for Germany’s major ...