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

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

These include an economic malaise that has gripped the country in recent years, with its car-and-export-orientated economy ...

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

Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

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

Friedrich Merz's CDU won Germany's elections with 28.6 percent, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) recorded ...

BERLIN - Preliminary results show that Germany's conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social ...

The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal ...

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...