The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. With vote counting finished, preliminary results show ...

New Bundestag has only 11.6% lawmakers with migrant backgrounds, despite immigrants comprising nearly 30% of German ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and soon to be chancellor of Germany, announced ...

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is an unlikely candidate to lead a decisive break with the US. But an erstwhile ...

Shunned by liberal Germans, anti-immigration AfD is now the second strongest party in Germany. It's also favored by President Trump's inner circle.

Therefore, the policy impact of Trump's election is far-reaching. The Trump administration has already turned Washington into ...

CDU and AfD voters delivered a sharp rebuke to Berlin’s left-wing ruling coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens. Both ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who came out on top in the snap election results, is aiming to close a ...

Merz has four to five years not just to breathe new life into his party, but to ensure the country’s traditional political ...

The far-right group has learned to communicate in a country where traditional media no longer shape public opinion.

Moritz Warnke writes that snap elections saw stunning gains for left and right, while Ines Schwerdtner and Jan van Aken ...

A comeback for the right and a surge in support for the far right: these are the main takeaways from the 23 February federal ...