Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz warned the US against abandoning allies and urged Europe to strengthen its defence, ...

If Friedrich Merz becomes Germany’s Chancellor, he must navigate coalition-building, far-right influence, economic hurdles, ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s centre-right conservative party (CDU), is set to become the country’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream conservatives had won the ...

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 1.3%. Japan's Nikkei returned from a public holiday with a ...

German voters have delivered a fragmented verdict, reflecting deep political shifts and divisions within the country.

A long election night in Germany has ended with five parties entering the next parliament and the conservative alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social ...

With Merz at the helm and the SPD’s Boris Pistorius likely gaining a seat at the table, Ukraine can expect a stronger ally in ...