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

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has pledged to gain “independence” from the US after his centre-right CDU/CSU alliance won ...

After the collapse of Scholz's three-party government in November, it's now up to Merz to restore stability to the European ... state election last year. Other parties were stronger in only a few ...

AfD's rise to become the second-largest party in Germany on Sunday's election is a boost to the country's conservative ...

Beijing is projecting itself as a reliable force to help inject ‘new vitality’ into China-EU relations as transatlantic ...

Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, said he was under "no illusions" about the White House's impact on ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.

BERLIN - The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left Party jointly secured one third of seats in the new ...

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

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