The Christian Democrats are forming a new coalition, with plans that include a possible restart of nuclear power.

Germany elected a new government headed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a center-right party, sweeping out the ...

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

President Trump congratulated Fredrich Merz—and himself—after Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union prevailed in ...

AfD saw the biggest victory of a far right party since WWII as Social Democrats suffered their largest postwar defeat.

U.S. government debt rallied on Monday, pushing 2- and 10-year yields to lows for the year, amid worries about the outlook for economic growth against a backdrop of sticky inflation.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany party on January 25, 2025, in Halle, Germany. In the ...

One lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended.

Rightwing League party leader, Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said Monday he hoped the result of the ...

Decades after the unification of Germany, the rise of extremist parties has divided the country once again, leaving the ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged victorious in Germany’s snap parliamentary elections, dealing a significant blow to ...

Friedrich Merz’s mainstream Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, ...