Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

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

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

While the far right made historic gains in Germany’s pivotal federal elections on Sunday, the conservative Christian ...

With all constituencies counted, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory, while minnows, including ...

Both the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland and the far-left Die Linke saw significant gains and were the most popular ...

European stocks were mostly rising on Monday, with the DAX leading gains after conservative Friedrich Merz won the German federal election. The Christian Democratic Union emerged from Sunday's ...

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The Kremlin expressed cautious optimism about future relations with Germany following Friedrich Merz's election victory. Merz is set to become chancellor, replacing Olaf Scholz's fractured alliance.

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