CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

The decisions Germany’s next leader takes on the revival of the defence sector - and particularly its funding - will be key for Ukraine, Nato and the UK-EU reset ...

The Left (Die Linke) and the far-right AfD party scored big in Germany's federal election on Sunday. But their success has ...

The centre-right party's leader Friedrich Merz said CDU and SPD are to enter talks to form a coalition, one day after the ...

The co-leader of Germany's Social Democrats, Lars Klingbeil, said on Wednesday that his party was in talks with election ...

The victory of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Friedrich Merz was met with relief in Ukraine. The ...

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The incoming conservative-led government in Germany will face daunting challenges as it confronts a rapidly changing security ...

The incoming CDU-led government inherits a daunting to-do list: revive economic growth, achieve greater European strategic ...

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike ...

Omar Alkadamani, a Syrian-born, naturalised German citizen, used to support Germany's centre-left Social Democrats. Unsettled ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...