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

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

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

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

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

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

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

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

Friedrich Merz and his party, the CDU/CSU, are on the cusp of entering office and will face tough decisions ahead on how to ...

The election results in Germany are clearer than they have been in a long time. CDU/CSU will emerge as the strongest party ...

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

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