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

Germany's conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz welcomed on Monday the interest shown by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

Germany’s centre-right CDU and CSU parties have won the federal elections with about 28.5 to 29 per cent of the vote ...

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen speaks with Daniel Caspary, a member of the European Parliament and CDU/CSU group chair, on exit polls ...

Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian CSU sister party are topping polls for the election ...

With all constituencies counted, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory, while minnows, including ...

The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...

New Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for “independence” from the United States, amid a push towards European defence ...

A senior member of Germany's conservative bloc has called on the Social Democrats to put party interests behind those of the ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s conservative leader and likely next chancellor, held his first post-election press conference on ...

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

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany’s next chancellor based on preliminary ...