An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

Since the parliamentary arithmetic remains uncertain, Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, ...

German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...

Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...

The far-right AfD and the Left jointly secured the one third of seats needed to block constitutional changes. Both oppose ...

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

The German elections have taken place and the Bundestag is looking a lot more right-wing than it was this time yesterday. The ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the centre-Right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), has emerged as the winner of Germany’s ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz will start trying to form a coalition government on Monday after his ...

Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc has won the national election and now faces coalition talks. Merz seemed keen to get to ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...