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

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a ...

Trump's statements on Ukraine last week make it "clear" Americans are "largely indifferent to the fate of Europe," Merz said.

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

Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany's center-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002. She ...

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

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

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

Beyond that, it got more messy. Mr Merz will hope to form a coalition with Mr Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), who at 16% slumped to their worst defeat in the party’s long history. But under Germany’s ...

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday clashed with opposition leader Friedrich Merz in a heated debate, accusing him of accepting favours from the far-right AfD party. Merz’s conservative ...