Gains by the far right and the far-left limited coalition options, paradoxically giving the defeated Social Democrats ...

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected in a second ballot by lawmakers as post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor ...

But he persisted and was finally elected party leader at the third attempt, after the centre-right’s defeat by Mr Scholz in ...

doubling its share compared to the 2021 elections and thus also doubling its number of seats in parliament. With the unprecedented rise of the far-right in the German Federal Parliament since the ...

Conservatives led by Friedrich Merz remain committed to renewables, but say "we must and we will change" an economic policy focused on climate.

The CDU and SPD have governed Germany together in the past, most recently in three of the four terms of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, who led the country from 2005 to 2021. It is not the first ...

WATCH: Center-right party wins Germany’s election as far-right doubles its support The Social ... who led the country from 2005 to 2021.

Centrist parties seek to impose tighter controls on public debate, all in the name of democracy.

Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday gave a boost to the ...

Vice-Chancellor, Finance Minister, co-leader of Germany's oldest party, the center-left Social Democrats (SPD): This week, ...

Vice chancellor, finance minister, co-leader of Germany's oldest party, the center-left Social Democrats (SPD): This week, Lars Klingbeil becomes one of Germany's most powerful politicians.