Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) conceded defeat following a “bitter election result,” as ...

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

Germany's 2025 election results show a CDU/CSU victory, a Merz chancellorship, AfD's surge, SPD decline, and shifting political dynamics with major European impact.

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 ...

Following a historic election defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday ...

After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party looked to collect ...

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, ...

It is the closest thing to a referendum on mass migration, in a country where referendums are not condoned by the ...

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz says he wants to form a government as soon as possible after his CDU/CSU bloc ...

Is the outcome of the German election bullish for European stocks? It depends on the degree to which “realpolitik” prevails ...