In Germany, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party placed first in Sunday’s election. Merz said Germany and Europe must achieve independence from ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country's national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an even stronger supporter in the European Union's largest country and creating ...

Friedrich Merz says ‘absurd’ an Israeli PM can’t visit Germany as Netanyahu faces warrant on Gaza war crime allegations.

Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the centre-Right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), has emerged as the winner of Germany’s ...

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

The outcome in the German election could see a focus on defence integration in Europe, eschewing the United States.

Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Germany applauds Ghana’s democratic credentials and will continue to support her economic recovery regardless of whichever ...