German Elections

German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz stands next to Bavarian state premier and leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Soeder after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Europe

German election victor Merz plans pivot from US as coalition talks loom

Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a historic second place in a fractured vote after the collapse of Chancellor...

German Finance Minister, Vice-Chancellor and SPD party's candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for a meeting with his party's parliamentary group in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2021. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Blending chalk and cheese: assembling a government for Germany

FILE PHOTO: The skyline with its banking district and the European Central Bank (ECB) are seen, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, in Frankfurt, Germany, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Global Economy

German conservatives drag ECB's monetary policy into election campaign

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she speaks during a CDU/CSU campaign kick off ahead of the federal election at Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
Politics

Missing Merkel already, Germans nervous about what comes next