Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...

Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the U.S., step by step.” That won’t be easy, for Europe ...

Elon Musk endorsed AfD, an anti-immigration party that just won the most support of any far-right party since World War II.

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

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

The far-right AfD and the Left jointly secured the one third of seats needed to block constitutional changes. Both oppose ...

Friedrich Merz's conservatives have won, but the vote has thrown up some fascinating stories.

Germany's likely next chancellor warned Europe can no longer rely on its American allies: "I never thought I would end up one ...

Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election​, while far ...

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

The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar ...