The outgoing German government took a thrashing in Sunday’s elections. The coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and ...

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

Far right Afd’s surge is ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, victorious Merz says - Friedrich Merz set to become new ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s new chancellor after his CDU/CSU bloc secured 28.5% votes, defeating Olaf Scholz’s ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz on Monday faced the task of quickly building a new government that is eagerly awaited ...

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

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

Merz called for German “independence from the USA” and lashed out at what he described as "ultimately outrageous" rhetoric ...

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 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.