Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.

Germany’s conservative CDU party has won the election, securing Friedrich Merz as the next chancellor. However, right behind ...

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

Germans voted for change Sunday, and the most important questions now facing their country—and Europe—are whether and how ...

The euro got a small boost from the CDU/CSU being able to form a coalition only with the SPD, without any smaller third party ...

The conservatives will first enter talks without Scholz, who apologised for SPD's bitter defeat at 16%, while his popular ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

BERLIN – Germany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz vowed to get to work Monday on the arduous task of building a ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is almost certain to become chancellor, but first he needs to win over the Social ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz, the head of Germany's conservative opposition, secured a significant win in the national elections this past ...