Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while the far-right ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union in Germany, wasted no time after his party's ...

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

It was often difficult to square my belief in the office of the papacy with the apparent weaknesses of the man in St. Peter's Chair.

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...

The Christian Democratic Union party is projected to win the election, but the far-right Alternative for Germany is set for ...

A series of attacks helped fuel debate about immigration in the weeks before German voters cast their ballots for a new ...