German voters gave the far-right AfD party second place in elections, which will make the Christian Democrat Party's Friedrich Merz the next chancellor.

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

The results released by the electoral authority showed the conservative Christian Democrats and the center-left Social ...

After Germans voted on Sunday, the center-right Christian Democrat leader Friedrich Merz is likely to become Germany's next chancellor.

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is expected to be Germany's next chancellor.

In this weekend’s vote, Europe’s largest economic power decides whether to decisively re-enter history or continue its risky ...

The good news is that Germany can afford to splurge. At 62% of GDP, the country’s public debt is half that of America’s (see ...

French President Emmanuel Macron waves after an informal summit of European leaders to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

A new study, published today in The Lancet Public Health, reveals that the food we eat, physical inactivity and obesity are largely to blame, as well as the Covid pandemic. Of all the countries ...

Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.