Deeply divided Germany elects conservative Merz chancellor, far right surges to second place
Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, crumbling international order and sluggish German economy face the incoming chancellor.
These include an economic malaise that has gripped the country in recent years, with its car-and-export-orientated economy ...
Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country's national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an ...
Amnesty International has slammed Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union and possible next ...
Germany has long been considered to have relatively ambitious climate goals and it’s likely that combatting climate change ...
Fears after rise of far-right in eastern Germany leaves multicultural Berlin surrounded - Germans on either side of the ...
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