The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

European stocks ended the day flat as worries about Microsoft Corp.’s dwindling spending on data centers tempered positivity ...

The party led by Friedrich Merz won the country's national election; the primary voter issues were the economy and ...

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

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

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

The American message in Munich a week ago made German-US relations an unexpectedly divisive German election issue. Germans ...

Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the U.S., step by step.” That won’t be easy, for Europe ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany party on January 25, 2025, in Halle, Germany. In the ...

German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy, pressure to curb migration and growing uncertainty over ...

As Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, we took a look at the history of the complex relationship between the nations.

Russia will no longer have a seat on the influential UEFA executive committee after its elections in six weeks’ time.