Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded his center-left Social ...

The Alternative for Germany party (AfD) emerged as the second-largest political force in Germany, securing around 20% of the ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is poised to win the German election, with Friedrich Merz set to become the new ...

The Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, have few options in front of them ...

The votes were still being counted Sunday but the results were clear: Germany’s conservative Friedrich Merz is the new ...

Germany’s conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the elections, securing over 28% of the vote, while the far-right AfD gained over 20%. Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD suffered a historic low ...

Despite domestic challenges, Merz’s strong transatlantic ties and pro-NATO stance may be welcomed by European allies, ...

Friedrich Merz faces complex coalition negotiations after the far-right AfD surged to a historic second place in a fractured ...

A far-right party has come second in a German national election for the first time since the Second World War.

S&P Global’s flash U.S. Composite PMI Output Index, which gauges both manufacturing and services, dropped to 50.4 this month—its weakest level since September 2023 ...