Germany's parliament has approved a relief bonus of up to 1,000 euros for workers to offset high gas prices due to the Iran war. The measure, backed by CDU/CSU and SPD, faces criticism for placing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friedrich Merz (L), CDU Federal Chairman and CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag, stands next to Markus Soeder, ...

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has reached a record 28% in the latest INSA poll, four points ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU bloc. The result marks the highest ever ...

Friedrich Merz (L), Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag, speaks next to Markus Soeder, Minister President of Bavaria and chairman ...

As a new chapter in German politics begins on Monday following the federal election at the weekend, there's a distinct feeling of déjà vu in Berlin as a center-right alliance prepares to take the ...

Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democratic Union's candidate for chancellor, has not shied away from blasting Olaf Scholz's economic policies and linking them to the lackluster state of Europe's biggest ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz, likely to be vows coalition govt will 'move our country forward again' Talks between the conservatives and the Social Democrats resumed after long, and ...

• Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major ...

PRAGUE -- The headlines indicate that the far-right AfD party had its best-ever result in the German parliamentary elections, finishing second with some 20 percent of the vote, nearly doubling the ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), its more openly right-wing Bavarian affiliate, announced the names of their ministers in the incoming federal ...

BERLIN — The Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, have few options in front of them to form a government after taking first place in the German ...