Germany's chancellors have played pivotal roles in shaping the nation's history since 1815. One notable leader ... the North German Confederation came into existence, setting the stage for the ...

Tsar Alexander I arrived on the last day of March 1814 at the head of an army of half a million troops from Russia, Britain, Sweden, the Habsburg Empire and the German principalities ... s brief ...

New political order established at the Congress of Vienna After the victory over Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna met from September 1814 to June 1815 to redraw ... many people aspired, the German ...

German citizens went to the polls this Sunday, taking part in snap federal elections in a vote that will shape the course of the EU's largest member state and its biggest economy for the next four ...

The German electoral authority confirmed the CDU's win in preliminary results, followed by the far-right AfD. The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) have gained the highest percentage of ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz emerged as the winner in Sunday’s election, but the results gave his bloc just one clear path to power with intense pressure to move quickly to ...

German citizens will vote twice: once for a local member of parliament and second for a party. A party must receive at least 5 percent of the national vote to enter the Bundestag, the elected ...

Voters who cast their ballots on February 23, 2025, did not directly elect the next German chancellor. Instead, they will elect politicians to the Bundestag, the lower house of German parliament.

Friedrich Merz’s conservative party is the winner of the German general election, while current Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party experienced its worst result since the late 19th century.

Both the euro and German equity markets are likely to be boosted by the outcome of the German snap election over the weekend. The euro climbed to above 1.05, the highest in two months during ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won the German election, defeating Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats. Merz says he wants to form a government within two months, saying he wants to ...