Friedrich Merz will now begin coalition talks with the SPD or the Greens but not with the AfD, far-right party which came ...

Germany once again has the luxury of forming a government from the political centre without major obstacles. Read more at ...

US president Donald Trump has hailed Sunday as a "great day for Germany" after an election in which conservative opposition ...

The Ukrainian leader said considering aid as a debt to be repaid would be a “Pandora’s box” that would set a precedent ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...

Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a historic second place in a fractured vote after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf ...

BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) conservative bloc won the snap election to the Bundestag, the German legislative assembly, with 28.6% of ...

Friedrich Merz, the man favored by early exit polls to be Germany’s next chancellor after elections Sunday, was forced out of government years ago in a power struggle with Angela Merkel. The leader of ...

The Christian Democratic Union’s likely victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...

German election winner Merz says priority is unity in Europe in light of pressure from Trump administration and Russia ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.