Berlin — Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation's second-largest.

Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz on Thursday made concessions to the Green Party in the hopes it would lend critically important votes to his multi-billion-euro ...

Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters/Amanda R. Gray/U.S. Navy ‘Germany is back,” incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared Friday, and it may even be true. He was announcing an unprecedented ...

“We want to be part of the solution, in terms of creating new business opportunities and diversifying trade,” said Tjorven Bellmann, Germany’s ambassador to Canada. She was speaking at a ...

Chinese car-makers seek to boost sales in Europe as Chinese market slows No decision taken yet as BYD weighs labour costs, productivity Germany's new government expected to encourage auto sector ...

Seeks nuclear talks with France, UK, alongside US shield Germany bound to non-nuclear defence Needs Green Party support to pass measures Greens attach conditions to support BERLIN, March 9 ...

BERLIN — Germany’s armed forces are in trouble just when Europe needs them most. Germany’s military, or Bundeswehr, is shrinking, aging and still lacks essential equipment despite a considerable ...

Germany's snap elections, which took place just two weeks ago, saw the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), win its best-ever result. In the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg ...

Germany’s conservative victors in Sunday’s election are considering circumventing strict spending rules in order to adopt a potentially massive defense package as alarm grows that the United States ...

Donald Trump has hailed a "great day for Germany" as the conservative bloc CDU/CSU looks set to take the election. It could also be an historic night for the far-right AfD party, if exit polls are ...

Germany was once seen as a climate champion. It set ambitious targets to slash planet-heating pollution. Its Green party rode high in the 2021 elections, becoming part of the government. The party ...

Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann on Thursday recalled the in-form Leon Goretzka and Karim Adeyemi to his squad for the two-legged Nations League quarterfinal tie with Italy. Injuries to key players ...