“The German election brought defeat for the FDP, but hopefully a new start for Germany. This is what I fought for,” he said in a post on X. Merz will now begin the tough task of forming a ...

leader of CSU and Minister-President of Bavaria, at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after the German national election. Credit: AP/Markus Schreiber Merz has said ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has approved the timeline for early elections agreed to by Germany's main parties, saying the plan to hold the vote on February 23 is "realistic." ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier casts his ballot at the polling station at Erich-Kästner-Grundschule in Berlin-Dahlem. The early election to the 21st German Bundestag takes place on Sunday.

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Angela Merkel is staying on as interim German chancellor after ... Chancellor Angela Merkel called for new elections. John Yang talks to Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia… ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his cabinet were officially dismissed by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's political newcomer, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), filed a complaint on Monday with the constitutional court seeking to legally challenge the results of the ...

President Thomas Bach, who has been more lenient with Russia, likely prefers another candidate to Coe heading toward the Los ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government.

BERLIN (AP) — Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats started exploratory talks Friday on a possible coalition government ...