Germany’s conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the elections, securing over 28% of the vote, while the far-right AfD ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

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

It is clear that this [the U.S.] government does not care much about the fate of Europe,” says Friedrich Merz, who is set to ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU won Germany's elections with 28.6 percent, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) recorded ...

European markets are expected to open in broadly higher territory Monday as traders react to the results of the German ...

Projections show German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in Sunday's national ...

The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar ...

Germany’s conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged as the biggest winners in the German federal election, ...

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.