Germany's Social Democratic Party faces a lack of leadership following its defeat on February 23, having garnered only 16.5% ...

The centre-right party's leader Friedrich Merz said CDU and SPD are to enter talks to form a coalition, one day after the ...

Germany’s economic and political failures mirror each other perfectly. An entrenched elite clung to the past, ignored the ...

Sean O’Grady takes a look at what the outcome says about the country’s left-right balance, and how it might play out for the main parties ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

CDU leader moves swiftly to form coalition with SPD, framing the alliance as a stabilizing force after Germany’s turbulent ...

Following a historic election defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years after the head of the center-right opposition, Friedrich ...

European markets fell on Monday as traders reacted to the results of the German federal election. The pan-European Stoxx 600 ...

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

Photo: Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, gestures while ...

The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar ...