Friedrich Merz speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Berlin.

Decades after the unification of Germany, the rise of extremist parties has divided the country once again, leaving the ...

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

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

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

Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises ...

Germany has long been considered to have relatively ambitious climate goals and it’s likely that combatting climate change ...

Officials warn that Germany's federal elections on Sunday might be the last gasp of normalcy in the Bundenstag if establishment parties don't fulfill voters' expectations.

Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Recent Germany's conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), has won in the ...

Friedrich Merz from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is on track to be Germany’s next chancellor.

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...