A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

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Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream conservatives ...

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

Berlin, Germany - Recent Germany's conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union ...

Photo: Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, gestures while ...

World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his ...

German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the presumptive next chancellor, has won his constituency in Sunday's ...

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

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...