Democrats in the U.S. would do well to learn from their mistakes ... positions if we are to challenge the racist far-right. One German party specifically deployed this strategy and failed to ...

Both the euro and German equity markets are likely to be boosted by the outcome of the German snap election over the weekend. The euro climbed to above 1.05, the highest in two months during ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major ...

“The world out there won’t wait for us, nor will it wait for lengthy coalition talks and negotiations,” Merz told party supporters in the German capital. “We must now quickly regain our ability to act ...

The new German government will also play a key role in shaping Europe's relationship with the Trump administration. Polls are due to open at 8am and close at 6pm. Germans can also vote by postal ...

Voters who cast their ballots on February 23, 2025, did not directly elect the next German chancellor. Instead, they will elect politicians to the Bundestag, the lower house of German parliament.

German political leaders have also been shocked by US Vice-President JD Vance, who has met the AfD's candidate for chancellor, Alice Weidel, and called for an end to the long-standing taboo of ...

For months German politics has been paralysed by the collapse of the previous government. Now, hopes have been raised across Europe that this vote will bring some certainty to the EU's biggest ...

Opposition conservatives win German election Conservative chief Friedrich Merz hits out at US AfD scores historic result but far-right party to be shunned Coalition talks could last months ...

However, this time it's aimed at far-right AfD co-leader and chancellor candidate Alice Weidel, a member of German parliament who lives in Switzerland. Switzerland's Blick newspaper reported that ...