What is Germany's 'debt brake?' In Germany, the federal government and the 16 states (Länder) are obliged to balance their ...

Germany’s centre-right CDU and CSU parties have won the federal elections with about 28.5 to 29 per cent of the vote ...

Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU bloc has won national elections by a large margin, with all constituencies counted, paving the ...

The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party has won the parliamentary elections in Germany. The leader of the formation, Friedrich Merz, ...

The CDU/CSU was led to victory on Sunday by the towering Friedrich Merz, who has never served in the German government until ...

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, ...

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

A conservative backlash is brewing in Germany, but the likely winners are working to make the transition pragmatic and ...

Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...

Financial markets rose on the likelihood of a two-party coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, with Germany's benchmark ...