Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

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

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU, is set to form a coalition after winning the most votes, per exit polls. The ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

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

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said an 'absolute priority' for him will be to distance Europe from the U.S.

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

THE last time Germany held a snap national election, in 2005, there was a change of power from left-of-centre to ...

Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, crumbling ...

The CDU, along with its Bavarian sister party, the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), garnered a combined 28.6 ...

Decades after the unification of Germany, the rise of extremist parties has divided the country once again, leaving the ...