German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday defended his government's decision to retain electricity tax for most businesses ...

The German government has announced it was postponing electricity tax cuts for households and small businesses citing budget ...

The new German government faced its first major roadblock on Thursday after its constituent parties failed to defuse an internal row over whether to reduce electricity prices for individual consumers.

CSU leader Markus Söder calls for German version of "Iron Dome" Left-leaning SPD decries CDU's Jens Spahn after he called for ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling coalition rebuffed calls to expand an electricity-tax discount to include households and additional companies, saying they’ll only do so when they have ...

Germany is ramping up defense spending — while cutting funds for development cooperation. Aid organizations warn of the ...

The CDU/CSU received approximately 28.5% of votes in Sunday’s election, coming in close to the 30% support estimated ahead of the polls. This will put them in first place, ...

Germany's alliance of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) is leading in polls, but with a thinning margin over the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

The CDU/CSU are unlikely to win an outright majority of the 630 seats up for grabs. That means they will have to form a coalition with one (or more) of the other parties.

Julia Klöckner was seen as a surprise choice for Bundestag president — a role that traditionally requires a calm and neutral ...

The CDU/CSU bloc won 25% of the vote, their weakest result in a post-war federal election and on a par with the centre-left Social Democrat (SPD), the infratest poll for broadcaster ARD showed.