Sahra Wagenknecht, top candidate and party leader of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), speaks at a press conference in the Haus der Bundespressekonferenz. Sören Stache/dpa 37,094 people ...

German citizens went to the polls this Sunday, taking part in snap federal elections in a vote that will shape the course of the EU's largest member state and its biggest economy for the next four ...

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 ...

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If Merz wants to get rid of the infamous debt brake in order to pump money into the German army, he will need a two-thirds majority of votes in the Bundestag. The Greens say they are prepared to ...

Christian Democrats leader Friedrich Merz will likely be the next chancellor of Germany after his party won the majority of the seats in the country's election. Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via ...

But the term can also refer to the mass deportation of migrants and their descendants. In May 2024 a German court rejected an AfD appeal against a ruling classifying it as a suspected far-right ...

"The global situation is changing dramatically day by day, all of which requires a capable German government," he said, expressing confidence that his party can agree on a "good coalition ...

"Now he must see that he acts like a chancellor." But German political analyst Nicolai von Ondarza said there was a strong feeling within the CDU that this was “a government of last chance” to ...

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 regulatory burden was also holding back innovation in Europe's biggest economy, said Christian Vietmeyer, head of steel and metal association WSM, which represents 5,000 German companies.