Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Following a historic election defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday that he plans to carry out his work as head of government “properly to the ...

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

Germany's mainstream conservatives have won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, crumbling ...

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

A reform of Germany's constitutionally enshrined debt brake, which limits public borrowing, would be discussed by the leaders ...

Both the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland and the far-left Die Linke saw significant gains and were the most popular ...

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

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 ...

Germans are set to take to the polling stations on Sunday to decide on their next government in Sunday's federal election.

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...