Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

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

Young Germans flocked to opposite ends of the political spectrum in the federal election, rejecting the centre.

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), speaking during a press conference the day after the ...

In German elections Sunday, voters boosted parties on the partisan poles. Patience with faltering attempts to govern from the ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the centre-Right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), has emerged as the winner of Germany’s ...

Financial markets rose on the likelihood of a two-party coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, with Germany's benchmark ...

After Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a plurality of seats in federal elections Sunday, party ...

The outcome of the German election “has not resulted in a clear path to the constitution being changed to allow for a step ...

Social Democratic Party co-leader Klingbeil expects conservative chief Merz to change 'course and tone' before talks to form ...

Merz’s Conservative CDU emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s federal elections, winning 208 seats in the 630-seat German ...