The 69-year-old faces lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right AfD surged to a historic second place in a fractured ...

Germany's conservatives won the national election on Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins, writes Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker.

The crucial question now is which coalition will help Friedrich Merz secure the Chancellorship, and how stable and enduring ...

Germany is facing military investment needs in the dozens ... tempted by a rapprochement with Russia. "A black and red ...

Sunday’s federal elections in Germany were held at a time when Germany’s support for human rights both at home and on the ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor, but he has a long road ahead of him to form government and hold onto power.

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

Omar Alkadamani, a Syrian-born, naturalised German citizen, used to support Germany's centre-left Social Democrats. Unsettled ...

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...