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

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

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, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats, who finished first in Sunday’s election, has vowed ...

As a new chapter in German politics begins on Monday following the federal election at the weekend, there's a distinct ...

Put simply, more than four in every five of Germany's 59.2 million voters turned out. It reflects just how energised Germans ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

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

Germany's conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative for Germany came in second, its ...

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

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his centre-Right Christian Democratic Union [CDU] party won ...