Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to ...

A reform of Germany's constitutionally enshrined debt brake, which limits public borrowing, would be discussed by the leaders ...

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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be succeeded by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz after his party, the ...

Far-right gains and a ‘sharper and edgier’ chancellor are among the takeaways from the country’s contest, an expert says.

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

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

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

With 16.4% of the vote, down nine points from 2021, the SPD recorded its worst score since the post-war period. It is likely ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while ...