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

Friedrich Merz’s conservatives celebrate win after far-right AfD makes record gains - Likely new chancellor has ruled out ...

Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002. She pushed Mr Merz aside as leader of its parliamentary group, taking the ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

The leader of Germany’s Central Council of Jews, Josef Schuster, expressed his shock, telling the Welt newspaper: “Although ...

BERLIN - German conservatives under Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to quickly form a government after winning a national ...

German voters turned out to vote en masse on Sunday and gave Friedrich Merz, the leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, a mandate to succeed Chancellor Olaf Scholz. But this mandate is far from ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

Berlin: Germany s conservatives swept to victory in Sunday s elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor, followed ...