German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz pledged to help Europe achieve "real independence from the US" on defence in stark ...

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.

Voters give the center-right a chance to govern, but the AfD lurks to take advantage of failure.

WASHINGTON, February 23. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has congratulated Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc, which is winning the snap election ...

President Donald Trump celebrated the success of the German conservative parties in an all-caps post on Truth Social ...

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...

The collective shunning of the AfD party is part of a longstanding attempt to blunt its move into the mainstream.

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces economic and diplomatic crises.

The president appears to be turning back the clock to a time in world history when countries with the biggest militaries ...

The racist, far-right, pro-Russia AfD— founded in 2013 as an anti-European Union party—is an outlier even among Europe’s nationalist parties. One senior leader has been twice convicted of using banned ...