Far-right gains and a ‘sharper and edgier’ chancellor are among the takeaways from the country’s contest, an expert says.

By Alden Bentley, Harry Robertson and Wayne Cole NEW YORK/LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Wall Street struggled for traction on ...

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

Elon Musk endorsed AfD, an anti-immigration party that just won the most support of any far-right party since World War II.

Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...

As a new chapter in German politics begins on Monday following the federal election at the weekend, there's a distinct ...

Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...

F RIEDRICH MERZ, who is likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, used his victory in Sunday’s elections to issue a ...

One-quarter of men aged 18-24 voted for the far-right AfD compared with 14 per cent of women in the same age group. There was ...

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 ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...