Sunday's election was won by opposition leader Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) with 28.5% of the vote, though ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

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

(CNN) — Italian Air Force jets had to escort an American Airlines plane to Rome because of a security concern, which ultimately proved to be “non-credible.” The flight was on its way from New York to ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

While the far right made historic gains in Germany’s pivotal federal elections on Sunday, the conservative Christian ...

Some of Ukraine's most important backers, including Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in Kyiv in a conspicious show of support.

Analysts say Friedrich Merz will have one shot at fending off ascending populists and an increasingly hostile U.S.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...