Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
President Donald Trump praised German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz's victory in the national election on ...
Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz emerged as the winner in Sunday’s election, but the results gave his bloc just ...
Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.
Germans go to the polls Sunday. Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats are likely to lose to the conservative CDU party, as the ...
Following rare back-to-back economic contractions in 2023 and 2024, German businesses are hopeful that a new government ...
Far-right gains and a ‘sharper and edgier’ chancellor are among the takeaways from the country’s contest, an expert says.