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

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

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

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

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

That paves the way for their candidate, Friedrich Merz (pictured), to take over from Olaf Scholz as chancellor after ...

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 ...

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

Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany, according to the ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) conceded defeat following a “bitter election result,” as ...