The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

Friedrich Merz, who has no previous experience in office, is set to become Germany's chancellor with Europe's largest economy ...

The Christian Democratic Union’s likely victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party is set to be the largest party in the next German parliament, according to the first two exit ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

Germany’s centre-right leader Friedrich Merz won federal elections on Sunday, clearing his path to become Chancellor at a ...

Millions of Germans are deciding the next chancellor in snap elections Sunday with the center-right Christian Democratic ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

A marked moment of political severance came at the end of January, when Friedrich Merz pushed through a non-binding motion on ...

Friedrich Merz’s party has won the most seats in Germany’s election. But after ridiculing the left and embracing far right ...