Congratulatory messages and reactions have begun to trickle in as Friedrich Merz and the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

Friedrich Merz’s Conservatives win as far right party makes big gains - Likely new chancellor has ruled out coalition with ...

Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a ...

Merz had signalled openness to reforming Germany’s “debt brake” to finance badly needed infrastructure investments and a ...

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

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc, has emerged victorious in ...

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

The CDU gained 28.6%, the AfD 20.8% and the SPD 16.4% - The BSW of Wangenknecht does not enter the Bundestag - The way is open for the CDU and SPD to form a government ...

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

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc emerged as the frontrunner in Germany’s national election ...

Friedrich Merz-led conservative alliance won Germany’s parliamentary election on Feb 23. The CDU-CSU bloc reportedly secured 28.5% of votes, finishing far ahead of other parties. After declaring ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as ...