World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz will start trying to form a coalition government on Monday after his ...

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

The leader of the conservative Christian Democrats celebrated as exit polls indicated they had won Sunday’s election, which ...

The Christian Democratic Union’s likely victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...

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

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

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

Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germanys next chancellor after his conservative CDU/CSU bloc secured victory in the ...

Mr Merz is Chairman of the CDU - Germany's center-right party. It was headed for 18 years, from 2000 until 2018, by Angela Merkel. Friedrich Merz's stance on migration In January, Ms Merkel ...

Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany's next chancellor in a government led by the Christian Democratic Union and its sister party, the Christian Social Union. Merz has previously worked as a ...