Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has triumphed at Germany’s ballot boxes, paving his way to become the next chancellor. His ...

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc emerged as the frontrunner in Germany’s national election ...

The results released by the electoral authority showed the conservative Christian Democrats and the center-left Social ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has pledged to achieve “independence” from the United States after his centre-right alliance won ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as ...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz on the victory in the Bundestag ...

The drive has had an influence beyond US shores, too, spurring deregulatory initiatives in the UK and EU amid fears that these markets risk being rendered uncompetitive. In part because of this, many ...

Will it be that, in 200 years’ time, there is a historical note in the history textbooks… There was something called, the ...

Germany’s latest election has been nothing short of seismic. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has secured a ...

With Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU union coming on top of the election, coalition talks will come next. Merz seemed keen to get to ...

DAX futures jumped 1.1%, while the single currency rose 0.5% to $1.0516 and looked set to test its January top at $0.10535. EUROSTOXX 50 futures added 0.4% and FTSE futures 0.1% ...