Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike ...

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

Of all three former governing parties, the Greens performed best in the recent general election. But they have still landed ...

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...

The Left won 8.8 percent of the vote, nearly doubling its share from the last election. It performed especially well in the ...

Mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz have won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, possible coalition outcomes and voter demographics ...

The crucial question now is which coalition will help Friedrich Merz secure the Chancellorship, and how stable and enduring ...

Merz has pledged to tighten immigration controls, introducing a five-point plan that includes stricter border checks, entry ...

Friedrich Merz’s coalition, comprising CDU and its Bavarian ally, the Christian Social Union (CSU), secured the largest vote ...

Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, ...

Following rare back-to-back economic contractions in 2023 and 2024, German businesses are hopeful that a new government ...

The outcome of the German election “has not resulted in a clear path to the constitution being changed to allow for a step ...