Germany is at a crossroads - says Roland Freudenstein, Brussels Bureau Director, as he reflects on the outcomes of Germany's ...

I’m often asked, including by students, about how elections in other major democracies are financed. Since Germany just had elections, there was some explanation of this issue in the press. A good ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

After securing the largest share in the German election, Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz has met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. They discussed European security in the face of a ...

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

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

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

Friedrich Merz and the CDU's victory in the German election present a shift in Germany's foreign policy, with an emphasis on ...

If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition with Friedrich Merz ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Wednesday elected Lars Klingbeil as leader of its parliamentary group, cementing ...