The scale of the challenge is indeed daunting. Russia’s economy is on a war footing, its army is battle-hardened and it has a huge stockpile of nuclear weapons. Even though Europe’s economy dwarfs ...

Germany votes in a national election following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz leads the race, while far-right AfD eyes historic gains. Over 500, ...

BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) conservative bloc won the snap election to the Bundestag, the German legislative assembly, with 28.6% of ...

Merz, 69, now faces difficult and time-consuming coalition discussions after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceding defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union in Germany, wasted no time after his party's ...

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.

Germany's likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz questioned on Sunday whether NATO would remain in its "current form" by June ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz pledged to help Europe achieve "real independence from the US" on defence in stark ...