As the Bundestag meets for its first session since the election, we give you the rundown of what you need to know — from nepo ...

His conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and their Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have long seen ...

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit ...

One new member is Maximilian Krah, a former European Parliament member who caused French far-right leader Marine Le Pen to ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

Friedrich Merz, almost assured to be Germany’s next chancellor, is ignoring conventional wisdom when it comes to relations ...

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

German voters have had their say. Now their verdict is being turned into reality underneath the glass dome of Berlin’s ...

Germany's budget committee approved a €3 billion military aid package for Ukraine, following reforms led by ...