Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election

A graphic showing European Union (EU) election results in Germany from June 2024 was shared online with false captions saying it showed the outcome of the federal election held in February 2025.

Declines were steepest in France and Italy, followed by Germany, offsetting gains posted in Spain.

Over 1 million asylum applications were made in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland last year. That's 11% lower than the previous year. While Germany continued to be by far the main country sought by asylum seekers,

And despite decades of integration under the European Union, who speaks for Europe – or what the bloc desires to be – is perhaps less clear now than at any point in recent years. Internal cleavages over immigration,

During the G-20 summit in India in September 2023, India, the United States, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union (EU) announced plans to create the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and signed the IMEC memorandum.

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years after the head of the center-right opposition, Friedrich Merz, won Sunday's election, which saw a surge for a far-right party and a stinging defeat for outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

France is perhaps the symbolic epitome of European political culture. The economic power of the European Union is led by Germany, the defense of

Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU secured 28.52% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 20.8% of the vote.

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to London on Sunday to participate in a meeting of European Union leaders to discuss their response to Donald Trump's push for peace in Ukraine, a government spokesperson said on Friday.

That cemented its primacy in a region that has long been its stronghold, and where it won its first state election last year. Other parties were stronger in only a few eastern constituencies outside Berlin.

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election.