Germany now faces a change of government, with conservative Christian Democratic Union party chief Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor. What's next for Germany's foreign and security ...

The leader of AfD, the far-right Germany political party, has boldly claimed it will be the largest party in the country by ...

The German electorate has backed conservative Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in trans-Atlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?

With the victory of German conservatives in the election against the incumbent government of Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrat-Green coalition, Europe has collectively taken a significant turn to ...

Following rare back-to-back economic contractions in 2023 and 2024, German businesses are hopeful that a new government ...

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

Germany has long been considered to have relatively ambitious climate goals and it’s likely that combatting climate change ...

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

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

The leader of Germany's ascendant conservative party now has to build a ruling coalition after electoral wins this weekend.

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years after the head of the center-right opposition, Friedrich Merz, won Sunday’s election, which saw a surge for a far-right ...

Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said an 'absolute priority' for him will be to distance Europe from the U.S.