The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. With vote counting finished, preliminary results show ...

The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the CSU, led with 28.6% of the vote, while the AfD came in second with 20.8%, more than doubling its previous share. CDU leader ...

The incoming conservative-led government in Germany will face daunting challenges as it confronts a rapidly changing security ...

Friedrich Merz previously held the position of the chairman of the united CDU/CSU faction during the last legislative period from 2000 to 2002 ...

Any future German government will face challenges in pushing through significant reforms, as analysts forecast “economic ...

Mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz have won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, possible coalition outcomes and voter demographics ...

Young Germans flocked to opposite ends of the political spectrum in the federal election, rejecting the centre.

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...

The crucial question now is which coalition will help Friedrich Merz secure the Chancellorship, and how stable and enduring ...

While the positions of Bundestag members on North Korea are divided, their assessment of the South Korean insurrection ...

According to an anonymous French official, "posting a few French nuclear jet fighters in Germany should not be difficult and would send a strong message" to Russia ...

Why is the far-right AfD popular in areas that once made up the communist country of the German Democratic Republic? The ...