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

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

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

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

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...

The conservative CDU/CSU won, and the chancellor's Social Democrats were voted out in a disastrous result for the party. One in five Germans voted for the far right. What does this mean for Germany?

Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU secured 28.52% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 20.8% of the ...

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

Germany elections' results are out. Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance-led conservatives won the 2025 German election securing ...

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

Germany’s conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the elections, securing over 28% of the vote, while the far-right AfD ...