The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

Alternative for Germany, the reformation party that sits to the right of the CDU/CSU's centrist conservatism, received ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

These include an economic malaise that has gripped the country in recent years, with its car-and-export-orientated economy ...

Friedrich Merz has a reputation for being tough on China, but the need to accommodate a coalition partner and headwinds from ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to loosen the country's constitution ...

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

BERLIN — The Christian Democratic Union and the allied Christian Social Union secured ... The election comes at a tumultuous ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU won Germany's elections with 28.6 percent, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) recorded ...

The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU ... Political division in Berlin has been seen as an undesirable distraction by investors who warn that Germany must overcome a series of challenges.

Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading the votes with the far-right Alternative for Germany party heading towards the strongest ...