As expected, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) ...

The winner of Germany's parliamentary elections has travelled to Paris to meet the French president for a working dinner on ...

Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

German voters picked Conservative party head Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in trans-Atlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?

Germany's economy is in desperate need of foreign labor, but a political environment hostile to all kinds of immigrants makes ...

Many challenges lie ahead for Germany's new coalition government with the country in a state of flux, facing mounting ...

The conservative Christian Democrats Union and Christian Social Union have won the national election with 28.6 percent of the ...

Germany’s economy had stalled. In 2024, German GDP was 0.2 percent lower than in the previous year, and forecasts for 2025 ...

CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition with Friedrich Merz ...

The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats ...

He’s not the only one. Sunday’s national parliament election — which brought the demise of a green-minded, three-year-old ...