CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

Leadership from Berlin will be essential to safeguard Europe against Russia and ward off election interference from America.

However, reunification in 1990 allowed Angela Merkel, the East German daughter of a protestant pastor, to enter politics and ...

President Donald Trump's successful runs that prioritized halting illegal immigration have had an effect on international ...

Young Germans flocked to opposite ends of the political spectrum in the federal election, rejecting the centre.

Video - Angela Merkel's rival, a corporate lawyer and millionaire, and a politician accused of cooperating with the far-right ...

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike ...

The centrist Social Democratic and Green Parties both earned record low results, with 16 and 11 percent of the votes ...

A sense of urgency is rising as parties on the extreme right and left may be able to block defense spending when Germany’s ...

A divided Germany has emerged from Sunday’s election. The vote delivered a resounding defeat of the Social Democrats (SPD) of ...

Germany's next leader, conservative Friedrich Merz, has raised the alarm over European defence but the clock is ticking for ...

OP-ED. The likely future German chancellor may be a hard-line conservative, but he could well be the man to transform the country and revitalize Europe, writes international relations specialist ...