Friedrich Merz, the new leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and winner of the latest German elections, has raised ...

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

As a result, the CDU/CSU partnership is projected to secure 208 seats in the Bundestag, the German parliament, the AfD 152, ...

As a new chapter in German politics begins on Monday following the federal election at the weekend, there’s a distinct ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his centre-Right Christian Democratic Union [CDU] party won ...

Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, said he was under "no illusions" about the White House's impact on ...

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

Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an even ...

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 ...