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 ...

Friedrich Merz may create a new European military alliance.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is working overtime to warn Germans that the time of stagnation that prevailed under the former chancellor Olaf Scholz must come to an end.