Put simply, more than four in every five of Germany's 59.2 million voters turned out. It reflects just how energised Germans ...

Germany's economic institute Ifo called the result of a general election 'good news' after the CDU conservatives of Friedrich ...

Far right Afd’s surge is ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, victorious Merz says - Friedrich Merz set to become new ...

The party led by Friedrich Merz won the country's national election; the primary voter issues were the economy and ...

Germans cast their vote in Sunday's election. But it will take weeks until a new government comes into office. DW sums up the next steps.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz aims to form a government after winning the national election but faces tough ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Seven out of twelve Kurdish candidates have won seats in Germany’s federal parliament, the Bundestag, revealed the ...

Then, in a speech in Munich last week, 10 days before Sunday’s vote, Vice President J.D. Vance attacked the so-called “firewall” Germany’s mainstream parties have maintained against the country’s ...

A VIBRANT democracy thrives on a fair electoral competition that opens opportunities for candidates to vie for the people's ...

The new government must "focus on getting the economy out of its structural stagnation...if the main motivation of such a ...