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

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

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

Based on more than a dozen interviews in the final weeks of the German election campaign, POLITICO tells the story of how ...

Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002. She pushed Mr Merz aside as leader of its parliamentary group, taking the ...

The 69-year-old CDU candidate is set to become chancellor at a time when Germany is going through a deep economic, security ...

Germany's conservatives swept to victory in Sunday's elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next ...

Several voters took note of a speech by Vice President JD Vance this month, when he told European leaders to stop shunning ...