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

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

BERLIN — Germany's likely next government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz has said it plans a shot in the arm for ...

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

Merkel, the understated quantum chemist from the former communist east, and Merz, the overtly assured lawyer from the west, never much saw eye-to-eye. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Friedrich Merz ...

A network of more than 700 fake social media accounts has sprung up in the last week of Germany's election campaign.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. PHOTOS: Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz casts his vote in German election BERLIN — German voters are ...

Supporters of Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic ... Ronny Hartmann/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images In a race where the main winners and losers were clear from the ...

Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images BERLIN—Friedrich Merz is the clear winner of the German election. The question now for the conservative leader is how fast and with whom he can cobble toge ...

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...

Friedrich Merz Targeted by Pro-Russian Disinformation ... anti-war messages with AI-generated pictures of Merz. Merz, a backer of Ukraine in its war with Russia, leads ahead of Sunday's vote ...