CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

Leadership from Berlin will be essential to safeguard Europe against Russia and ward off election interference from America.

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

However, reunification in 1990 allowed Angela Merkel, the East German daughter of a protestant pastor, to enter politics and ...

Even though the eastern and western parts of Germany were reunified into the single sovereign nation of Germany in 1990, the ...

A divided Germany has emerged from Sunday’s election. The vote delivered a resounding defeat of the Social Democrats (SPD) of ...

A sense of urgency is rising as parties on the extreme right and left may be able to block defense spending when Germany’s ...

BERLIN - Preliminary results show that Germany's conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social ...

The far-right AfD becoming the second-largest formation in Germany's Reichstag raises serious questions about the growing ...

The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to ...

Friedrich Merz calls for the continent to urgently organize its own defense capabilities, marking a profound shift in approach from Europe’s biggest economy ...

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, whose centre-right bloc won the country’s election on Sunday, said the country needs swift coalition talks to form a ...