Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory after his Christian Democrats won nearly 29% of the votes in the ...

Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to ...

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

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative alliance that won Germany's national election on Sunday, is set to become ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for ...

Germany's likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz questioned on Sunday whether NATO would remain in its "current form" by June ...

BERLIN — Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany’s national election, while a far-right party ... Both U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Trump ally ...

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...