Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump on Friday ...

“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 ...

BERLIN – After snap parliamentary elections, Germany is set for a change in both leadership and policy. The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will likely lead a new government under ...

Before he can focus on German foreign policy, however, Merz's first task will be to put together a government capable of taking action. With only 28.6% of the vote, the conservative union of ...

Germany’s “people’s parties” might be in danger of losing the support of the people. The Social Democratic Party (SPD), whose three-party coalition collapsed last year after three years in ...

In a historic shift in Germany’s political landscape, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the second largest party in the Bundestag, winning 20.8 percent of the vote ...

Celebrating its best-ever result, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has made extraordinary gains in the last few years. It has doubled its vote share since 2021 with more than 10 million ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany ...

Languages: English. Friedrich Merz may be the new Chancellor of Germany, but there are two others who will be happy after Sunday's elections: Elon Musk and his European party of choice ...

While the far right made historic gains in Germany’s pivotal federal elections on Sunday, the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party ultimately thrived with Friedrich Merz securing ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...