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

Struggling a month ago, the far-left Die Linke party surged into Parliament by riding a backlash against conservative immigration policy.

For most German companies, removing the threat of a global trade war would be far more impactful than the local election result. Less than 20 per cent of revenue across the large-cap index is ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative opposition, achieved a modest victory in the national election. The ...

The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the election result a "decisive victory for our political family, for ...

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

Germany’s election winner Friedrich Merz has told Benjamin Netanyahu that he would be invited to visit the European country despite an outstanding arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court ...

The coalition’s economic measures and the prospect of an increase in the defence budgets of European states to around 3% of ...

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz calls for European 'independence from US' as he blasts Musk and Trump - ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party on January 25, 2025 in Halle, ...

In Germany, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party placed first in Sunday’s election. Merz said Germany and Europe must achieve independence from ...