The 69-year-old faces lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a historic ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins, writes Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker.

Germany's mainstream political parties lost support while the far-right AfD gained ground in one of the last polls published ...

While the far right made historic gains in Germany's elections on Sunday, Conservative politician Friedrich Merz won with ...

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

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...

AfD's rise to become the second-largest party in Germany on Sunday's election is a boost to the country's conservative ...

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

According to local media reports, informal discussions between Christian Democrats and Social Democrats have already begun, ...