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

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

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream conservatives had ...

After two torturous months of campaigning, the wait is over. Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU party, is on ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

Conservatives’ Friedrich Merz on track to be next chancellor while far-right AfD in second place, its best result, exit polls indicate.