Friedrich Merz, who’s promising to unite Europe in the face of challenges from both Russia and the U.S., is expected to become the country’s next leader.

Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic ...

Bruising times for center-left parties have U.K. Labour looking abroad — and trying to dodge the same pitfalls.

For the time being, outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose Social Democratic party suffered a ... The three parties in the former governing coalition lost seats, with the SDP falling to 120 seats and ...

President Donald Trump celebrated Germany’s election results as polls projected the country’s conservative factions garnered a decisive victory. As national election results came trickling in Sunday ...

Merz has said he wants to build a coalition with the outgoing chancellors’ Olaf Scholz’ centre-left party SDP. Mr Merz, leader of the centre-right conservatives, hopes to start talks “in the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected “dictated peace” in Ukraine amid the country’s ongoing war with Russia. Scholz ...

A deal with the SDP, party of current Chancellor Olaf Scholz who finished in a humbling third place, would allow Merz to keep the far-right AfD away from power. The AfD finished second with 20.8 ...