Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

As predicted by pre-election opinion polls, Germany’s conservatives swept to victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, ...

The AfD has little chance of joining the government, but leader Alice Weidel thinks it’s only a matter of time before that ...

The country's opposition conservatives now face messy coalition talks as the controversial Alternative for Germany party ...

BERLIN >> Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its best ever result in second place and left conservative ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany's chancellor after a historic election, aims to secure European independence from the U.S. amid complex coalition negotiations. Despite rising far-right ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called "a bitter election result." ...

After winning the German election with under 30 percent of the vote, the conservative leader Friedrich Merz will have to ...

GERMANY’S conservatives swept to victory in Sunday’s elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next ...

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It was on Sunday night, as the votes were being counted, that Merz revealed what could become the defining mission of his chancellorship. His aim, he said, was “to achieve independence” from the US ...