Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option for forming a government amid a fragmented political landscape. With as many as seven parties possibly entering parliament,

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but Germany is facing political uncertainty with an emboldened far right. The

German voters are heading to the polls for a national election. German voters are heading to the polls Sunday for a national election. The race pits the incumbent chancellor against the opposition leader, the vice chancellor and — for the first time — a leader of a far-right party.

After Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a plurality of seats in federal elections Sunday, party leader Friedrich Merz

The euro nudged higher on Monday after Germany's opposition conservatives won the national election as expected, while the dollar trod water amid worries over the growth outlook for the U.S economy. Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany's next chancellor after his party emerged victorious in Sunday's election,