Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...
The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.
Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...
Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...
Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday he had invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ...
The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.
The elections have highlighted the steady erosion in support for the so-called people’s parties — the CDU and the SPD — that have dominated Germany’s political life since 1949. Merz was aiming to ...
Sunday’s election comes as Germany and the rest of Europe grapple with the new Trump administration, the Russia-Ukraine war ...