On March 18, 1990, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged as the strongest party after elections to the East German parliament, the People's Chamber. The CDU laid claim to the offices of prime ...

Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party likely, but the rise of the far-right AfD party and its ...

Young workers and students who want to fight against fascism, militarism and social cuts need a clear understanding of the ...

Likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he will find "ways and means" for Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Germany.

In its strongest heartlands — the far southeastern constituencies in Bautzen, Görlitz and Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge — the party has won both the constituency and list votes in every federal ...

Merz’s CDU/CSU will look to form a coalition after taking 28.6% of the vote. A Grand Coalition is possible and would be a market plus as it could overturn the strict fiscal spending rules. The German ...

High Representative of the European Union Kaja Kallas urged the swift formation of a new government: “The German people ... the AfD finished second in federal elections [Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters ...

Despite his political experience, he is heading to the chancellery without previously having served in the federal government ... lost a national election in 2002. She pushed Merz aside as ...

The 2025 federal election, which took place on Sunday, is arguably the third. This was the election in which the old assurances of German politics were cast aside as the country enters a far less ...

The German federal election result yielded the expected shift to the right—a win for the conservative CDU/CSU and gains for the far-right AfD, Scotiabank's Chief FX Strategist Shaun Osborne notes.

party and top candidate for Chancellor Alice Weidel take part in an election night TV talk show hosted by public broadcaster ARD during the German federal election for the 21st German Bundestag.