The German parties negotiating the country's new government have reached an agreement in their exploratory talks and ...

T he conservative Christian Social Union in Bavaria says it will only accept migrants who pay their own way. Experts see their policy proposals as electioneering and potentially illegal.The center ...

The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), which is in alliance with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), emerged as the strongest party in Bavaria in Germany's national elections, reversing its ...

Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz came a step closer Saturday towards forming a government which he has ...

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

Although the far-right AfD won 152 seats and would give CDU leader Friedrich Merz a comfortable 360-seat majority, he has already declared he won't form a coalition with the party.

The Union parties — the Christian Democratic Union and its sister party, the Bavaria-focused Christian Social Union — are poised to lead Germany after the coming weekend’s parliamentary ...

The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the far-right AfD has come in second.