Germany is home to the largest number of asylum seekers among the EU member states. But a growing political shift to the ...

Germany’s future chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday said his conservative CDU party has come to an agreement in principle ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

He told ARD television on Sunday that “the situation has once again escalated dramatically in recent weeks” and that ...

Friedrich Merz seeks to loosen Germany's debt rules for increased defence spending and infrastructure investment.

Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) party now firmly established in German politics.

Germany's Social Democrats are one of the ... the far right will continue to exploit it. If centre-left parties want to regain their relevance, they must confront and analyse their electoral ...

Conservative election winner Friedrich Merz has pledged to revive Europe’s top economy. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor, but he has a long road ahead of him to form government and hold onto power.

Germany's conservative bloc is set to start coalition talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday evening. The parties aim to form the next ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has said his centre-right CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) ...