German citizens went to the polls this Sunday, taking part in snap federal elections in a vote that will shape the course of the EU's largest member state and its biggest economy for the next four ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz emerged as the winner in Sunday’s election, but the results gave his bloc just one clear path to power with intense pressure to move quickly to ...

German citizens will vote twice: once for a local member of parliament and second for a party. A party must receive at least 5 percent of the national vote to enter the Bundestag, the elected ...

The German electoral authority confirmed the CDU's win in preliminary results, followed by the far-right AfD. The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) have gained the highest percentage of ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won the German election, defeating Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats. Merz says he wants to form a government within two months, saying he wants to ...

Top German politicians and chancellor candidates, in a final TV debate, traded blows over topics such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, defense expenditures, and healthcare. DW has more. https://p ...

BERLIN, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Germany's opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next chancellor while the far-right Alternative ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has posted an historic result, cementing its role as a major force in German politics. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) has suffered a ...

Both the euro and German equity markets are likely to be boosted by the outcome of the German snap election over the weekend. The euro climbed to above 1.05, the highest in two months during ...

BRUSSELS ― Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won the German election Sunday and is on track to take the reins of the EU’s largest economy. It’s not yet clear exactly what the new German government ...

High Representative of the European Union Kaja Kallas urged the swift formation of a new government: “The German people have made a choice, and now they need to put together the government.

The regulatory burden was also holding back innovation in Europe's biggest economy, said Christian Vietmeyer, head of steel and metal association WSM, which represents 5,000 German companies.