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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A German flag flutters in the wind in front ... READ ALSO: How different groups of Germans voted in the federal election? The far-right party narrowly won the most votes in Gelsenkirchen, North ...

European markets fell on Monday as traders reacted to the results of the German federal election. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed 0.08% lower, weighed down by France's CAC 40 index ...

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.

Discover how to track all 535 Congress member stock trades today. The German federal election held on Sunday resulted in a victory for the conservative CDU/CSU alliance led by Friedrich Merz ...

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz said he’ll move quickly to form a new government after he won Sunday’s federal election with a result that will require him to form a ...

"It must be closeable," says Germany's election codeImage: X Similar allegations circulated at the last German federal election, held in 2021. Back then, a Federal Returning Officer spokesperson ...

With the exception of Berlin, it won all East German federal states—in some cases with election results of over 40 percent and with a large lead over all other parties. The AfD also achieved ...