Germany’s newly elected chancellor Friedrich Merz called for Europe to seek “independence from the USA” and lashed out at ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), has said she missed a congratulatory call from ...

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

Volker Bruch and Liv Lisa Fries reunite for the final season in the epic German period drama series, set in the weeks before ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his centre-Right Christian Democratic Union [CDU] party won ...

President Trump and Elon Musk float the idea of giving taxpayers checks with savings from government cuts. Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, said he was under "no illusions" about the White House's impact on ...

He has repeatedly pledged not to work with the far-right anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party despite their second-place finish.

Alternative for Germany surged to the best showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday's national election and became the strongest political force in parts of the country.