An election win for Germany's conservatives has eased concerns of political gridlock in Europe's biggest economy, but failed ...

Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to ...

Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s ...

European shares were poised to snap their longest weekly winning streak in nearly a year on Friday, on elevated bond yields ...

Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

Landau an der Isar, Kempten and Pfarrkirchen – these small towns may be unfamiliar to English, and indeed many German, ears.

At the most newsworthy Munich Security Conference in recent memory last weekend, Germany’s likely next chancellor did all he ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...

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

Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002.

Federal Election has exacerbated the political crisis in Germany and Europe. The result confronts workers and young people ...

Regardless of the outcome, Sunday's German election marks a rejection of the centrist political establishment and a shift to ...