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

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

Friedrich Merz's party and its ally, the Christian Social Union, won 28.5 per cent in Germany's general election, defeating ...

DAX futures jumped 1.1%, while the single currency rose 0.5% to $1.0516 and looked set to test its January top at $0.10535. EUROSTOXX 50 futures added 0.4% and FTSE futures 0.1% ...

Germany's CDU, led by Friedrich Merz, secured victory in the 2025 elections, but the far-right AfD made historic gains, ...

The opposition conservatives have won Germany's national election, with Frederick Merz set to become chancellor. The ...

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

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

Friedrich Merz’s party has won the most seats in Germany’s election. But after ridiculing the left and embracing far right ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to take the helm of the nation after his party, the Christian Democratic ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as ...