Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party is set to be the largest party in the next German parliament, according to the first two exit ...

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...

Friedrich Merz's conservative party is the likely winner of the German general election, while current Chancellor Olaf Scholz ...

After winning the German election with under 30 percent of the vote, the conservative leader Friedrich Merz will have to ...

Mr Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance won around 28% of the vote, while the Alternative for Germany roughly doubled its score.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while ...

It was on Sunday night, as the votes were being counted, that Merz revealed what could become the defining mission of his chancellorship. His aim, he said, was “to achieve independence” from the US ...

Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called "a bitter election result." ...

As predicted by pre-election opinion polls, Germany’s conservatives swept to victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, ...