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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the presumptive next chancellor, has won his constituency in Sunday's ...

Germany is set for a shift to the right after the conservative CDU/CSU bloc secured a clear victory in Sunday's elections, as ...

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

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

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

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring ...

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

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 ...

WWII chancellor, reflecting a long political journey shadowed by Angela Merkel. Despite never holding government office, Merz leads the center-right Union bloc and faces challenges like economic ...

Germany on February 3, 2025. Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive Europe’s largest economy CDU leader’s ...