News, analysis, opinion and polling data on the German federal election in February 2025. An interactive graphic failed to load. This is most likely due to being offline or JavaScript being ...

Christian Democrats leader Friedrich Merz will likely be the next chancellor of Germany after his party won the majority of the seats in the country's election. Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via ...

Ed Turner receives funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a ...

John Kampfner is an award-winning author, columnist and foreign affairs specialist. It is salutary to remember that the man set to take over Germany has not had any role in government. Friedrich ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz emerged as the winner in Sunday’s election, but the results gave his bloc just one clear path to power with intense pressure to move quickly to ...

Friedrich Merz's conservatives have won, but Germany's 2025 election has thrown up some important and fascinating stories that reveal a country in flux. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has ...

BBC's Nick Beake reports from AfD headquarters in Berlin Friedrich Merz's conservatives have won, but Germany's 2025 election has thrown up some important and fascinating stories that reveal a ...

Live Page editor. A text and video journalist based in London, Stephen is a former Reuters bureau chief in Jerusalem. He was previously a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and The Times ...

German citizens went to the polls this Sunday, taking part in snap federal elections in a vote that will shape the course of the EU's largest member state and its biggest economy for the next four ...

• Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were ...

Friedrich Merz, set to become Germany's next chancellor after his opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, vowed to help give Europe "real independence" from the U.S. as he ...