Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

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

Merz’s priority will be to form a government with the third-placed Social Democrats (SPD), led by Germany’s current ...

Polling stations opened at 8am (7am GMT) with more than 59 million Germans eligible to vote and first estimates based on exit ...

While the far right made historic gains in Germany's elections on Sunday, Conservative politician Friedrich Merz won with ...

Germany once again has the luxury of forming a government from the political centre without major obstacles. Read more at ...

"September 5," an Oscar-nominated film about the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, is set to stream on Paramount+ ...

In the capital of Berlin, deep within this sea of blue, residents said they were “devastated” by the result. A 28-year-old ...

After winning the German election, the conservative leader must navigate a new era without Washington as a close ally.

Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the U.S., step by step.” That won’t be easy, for Europe ...

Vice President JD Vance’s speech Feb. 14 at the Munich Security Conference was not merely the most important speech the precocious young second-in-command has delivered in his political career. It was ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...