KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's parliament has passed a resolution affirming the legitimacy of Volodymyr Zelenskyy as president and confirming that elections are not possible until after the war ends.

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), led by Friedrich Merz, emerged as the top party. Projections indicate that CDU won the highest number of votes, while the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Barristers have attacked the outsourcing giant Serco for worsening the backlogs in Britain’s criminal courts, warning that judges are “powerless” in punishing private contractors. Mary Prior ...

Brexit and several general elections. She joined Reuters as a graduate trainee in 2008 and has also covered investment banking. Europecategory Russia awaits details from US on Ukraine ceasefire ...

BERLIN — The opposition conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in Germany’s election Sunday and Alternative for Germany doubled its support in the strongest showing for a ...

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Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major ...

Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) declared victory Sunday as exit polls and early results suggest the party garnered the biggest vote share in the country’s elections ...

But a close review of the 2024 election shows just how undemocratic the country’s legislative bodies already are. After decades of gerrymandering and political polarization, a vast majority of ...

BERLIN, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Germany's election delivered a win to the conservative opposition as well as a historic surge in support for the far-right AfD party. Here is a breakdown in graphics ...

The second vote is considered the most important and is most widely reported on election night because it determines the number of seats a party will receive overall in the Bundestag and a party ...