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

With all votes counted, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory, while minnows, including the ...

The 69-year-old head of the centre-right Union bloc, which won the country's national election with 28.6 per cent of the ...

The final results spare the CDU from having to negotiate a three-party coalition with the Greens to leave out the far-right ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany 's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is poised to become the country's next chancellor ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU win in Germany's early election signaled a shift in the political landscape, as dissatisfaction with ...

A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union is set to take the reins of power in Berlin after placing first in snap ...

Last month, the German Bundestag passed a "five-point migration plan" that entailed a dramatic tightening of the country's ...

German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance secured victory in the February 23 elections, with leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) achieved ...