Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

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

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

Exit poll results suggest vast gains for the far-right AfD party and a sizeable shift in the fortunes of Germany’s two ...

Notably, the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 19.5 percent votes. Its leader Alice Weidel expressed her ...

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

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative opposition, achieved a modest victory in the national election. The ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat in the national elections, acknowledging the poor election result and taking ...

Germans voted for change Sunday, and the most important questions now facing their country—and Europe—are whether and how ...

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

Speaking at a press conference, Alice Weidel of Germany's far right Alternative for Germany said she had received a ...

Germany's likely new Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has shared his concerns about the future of NATO and defence in Europe.