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

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

Of all three former governing parties, the Greens performed best in the recent general election. But they have still landed ...

There is a determination among all of Germany's main parties to keep that block in place - and the German public backs them ...

Amnesty International has slammed Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union and possible next ...

Despite significant gains for the far right, the election may just result in a German government able to take on a leadership role in Europe.

The resonance of far-right politics among younger voters suggests that Germany’s political landscape is undergoing a ...

The German electorate has backed conservative Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in trans-Atlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?

Friedrich Merz may create a new European military alliance.

Facing a slowing German economy, high energy bills, onerous bureaucracy and the threat of US tariffs, a Black Forest-based ...

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...