German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

World shares were mixed on Monday after U.S. stocks fell sharply following reports showing the U.S. economy may be suffering ...

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

European shares and the euro climbed on Monday as Germany's election produced a mainstream outcome, while Wall Street futures ...

We look forward to continuing our joint work with Germany to protect lives, bring real peace closer to Ukraine, and ...

Friedrich Merz led the party to a 28.6% share of the vote. The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came second with ...

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The 69-year-old head of the centre-right Union bloc, which won the country's national election with 28.6 per cent of the ...

Conservatives expected to have tough coalition talks after the far-right AfD surged to become Germany’s second-largest party.

World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader. The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which ...

A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

BERLIN - The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Germany's Left party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament that is required to block changes to the constitution, including ...