Germans voted for change Sunday, and the most important questions now facing their country—and Europe—are whether and how ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.