On October 3, Germany celebrated thirty-one years of German reunification. Outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel used the occasion to take stock and stated that “mentally and structurally, unification ...

A political artists' collective has placed a statue of murdered politician Walter Lübcke outside CDU headquarters. Lübcke was ...

The youth organizations of Germany's leading political parties are growing more self-confident. With tight majorities in the Bundestag, that could make them more influential.

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz won lawmakers' approval to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round. The conservative ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the state party conference of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) Baden-Wuerttemberg. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament delayed him from taking office. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sits at the podium at the state party conference of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) Baden-Wuerttemberg. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa German Chancellor Friedrich ...

Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—collectively known as the Union—took power after securing the largest block of votes in parliamentary ...