Well, of course not. But Germany's accidental chancellor has a crucial role to play in history, like it or not ...

Friedrich Merz speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Berlin.

Germany's election reshapes the political scene, with the far right and far left parties on the rise and coalition chaos and ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), speaking during a press conference the day after the ...

The outcome of the German election “has not resulted in a clear path to the constitution being changed to allow for a step ...

The German government is preparing for an upheaval in its parliament as citizens head to the ballot box following the collapse of the nation's ruling coalition.

The German economy is crucial to the EU and to the ECB’s cutting cycle. A stronger coalition and fiscal stimulus would take ...

German election winners, the conservatives, have started initial coalition talks with the SPD. But experts warn that forming ...

This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU only has one realistic potential coalition ... "second-hand football boots and a fear of new bills landing in the letter box," he said: "I know that that's the reality for ...

which has been reflected in the parties' losses at the ballot box. To secure a 50% majority and form a government, the leading party in tonight’s election, the CDU, may not be able to do so with ...

PETER SPARDING is Senior Vice President and Director of Policy at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and ...