Germany’s new parliament has elected as its speaker a conservative former minister. She called Tuesday for civilized debate ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made it clear that she fundamentally rejects the derogatory use of the term "Putin ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

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

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

It was from there that he was first elected into the European Parliament in 1989 and then the German Parliament in 1994. While he comes from the same party as Ms. Merkel, the former chancellor ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has taken its place as the Bundestag ’s second-largest party in an opening ...

But there might be some who will be disappointed with the result, which is well below the party’s performance under the leadership of its former long-time leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Friedrich Merz passed a major test as the outgoing parliament voted 513-207 in its final meeting to approve the plans.

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore up Ukraine’s sovereignty and defend Europe from Russia with or without the ...

A German air force Tornado with a Taurus. German defense ministry photo. The German Taurus is a 1.5-ton cruise missile with a turbofan engine propelling it to high subsonic speeds ...