German voters have had their say. Now their verdict is being turned into reality underneath the glass dome of Berlin’s ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for civilized debate in what is likely to be a confrontational term after a ...

The class of lawmakers taking office is noticeably more male and less diverse than the constituents it will represent.

Germany’s likely next chancellor has ... much about the fate of Europe,” Friedrich Merz said in a post-election televised debate after his Christian Democrats, or CDU Party, won 28.5% of ...

he maintains a perspective that "a certain amount of provocation can set off a real debate and perhaps a real development in motion." During the election campaign, Merz has vowed to make Germany's ...

If Germany wishes to move forward, it must abandon the convenient illusions of simplistic solutions and address the ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who won last month’s German election, is trying to put ... The parliamentary debate is to continue on Tuesday. Opponents of increasing the debt brake for ...

FILE PHOTO: Friedrich Merz, chancellor-in-waiting and leader of Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), looks on as he addresses the media following the federal state election of Hamburg, at the CDU ...

Just look at recent events, including leaving Elon Musk's interventions in the German election campaign ... by jumping on this debate of the so-called migration crisis, also contributes to ...

Germany held the early election after its three-party governing ... “That sparked a huge debate in Germany over whether [Merz] was breaking the firewall,” Fleck said. Exit polls suggest ...

"It is worth noting that public endorsements by public figures are much less common in German election campaigns than ... of the AfD triggered such vivid debates." But Hertner told Newsweek ...

The AfD gained 10.4 percentage points compared to the 2021 election ... debate surrounds its flexible interpretation, particularly regarding defense spending amid rising geopolitical tensions ...