Germany’s conservative alliance has emerged victorious in the national election, paving the way for Friedrich Merz to become ...

He has repeatedly pledged not to work with the far-right anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party despite their second-place finish.

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday's ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

U.S. flags hang on the building of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump won the ...

While the far right made historic gains in Germany’s pivotal federal elections on Sunday, the conservative Christian ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

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

One of the world’s most climate-ambitious governments is about to fall, replaced by a chancellor who says green policy went ...

European stocks were mostly rising on Monday, with the DAX leading gains after conservative Friedrich Merz won the German federal election. The Christian Democratic Union emerged from Sunday's ...

German stocks rose considerably as Friedrich Merz-led conservatives won the national election. The STOXX 600 index climbed, with real estate and utility stocks leading gains. Merz is set to become the ...