Financial markets rose on the likelihood of a two-party coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, with Germany's benchmark ...

The Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, have few options in front of them ...

Elon Musk endorsed AfD, an anti-immigration party that just won the most support of any far-right party since World War II.

Far-right gains and a ‘sharper and edgier’ chancellor are among the takeaways from the country’s contest, an expert says.

AfD is not merely a nationalist movement. Their appeal lies not in ideological extremism but in its ability to capitalize on ...

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

One lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended.

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

Friedrich Merz's conservatives have won Germany's election, well ahead of rival parties but short of the 30% vote-share they had expected. "Let's celebrate tonight and in the morning we'll get to work ...

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 looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

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