Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

After weeks of negotiations and ideological adjustments, Germany’s conservative and centre-left parties have sealed a ...

Though voters gave rightist parties a majority, Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats are teaming up with the ...

With liberalism, freedom and democracy under threat globally, it's a time for 'giants' – but this is a 'coalition of the ...

Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

Friedrich Merz faces fierce internal criticism and sees his conservative base threatens to break after agreements with the ...

Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) last week struck ...

The far-right AfD leads in a German poll for the first time ever. Can the incoming chancellor reverse the trend?

Germany must accept fewer than 100,000 asylum seekers a year because its public services are “overwhelmed” by immigrants, the ...

Germany is willing to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, the country’s chancellor-in-waiting has said, as he stressed the need to put Kyiv on the front foot and force concessions from Russian ...

Growing conflict in Berlin, with state politicians and police facing off against pro-Gaza protestors, is seeping slowly into German federal politics ...