The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

President Donald Trump was right to criticize Germany, during his first term for its anemic defense spending, reliance on ...

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

The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar ...

Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election​, while far ...

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

AfD's rise to become the second-largest party in Germany on Sunday's election is a boost to the country's conservative ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...