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

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

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 ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany 's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is poised to become the country's next chancellor ...

- Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), right, and Bavaria Governor Markus Soeder wave to supporters at a ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU win in Germany's early election signaled a shift in the political landscape, as dissatisfaction with ...

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 ...

German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

Friedrich Merz from the CDU/CSU likely to form new government with battered Social Democrats while pro-renewables Greens no ...

Conservatives expected to have tough coalition talks after the far-right AfD surged to become Germany’s second-largest party.

Last month, the German Bundestag passed a "five-point migration plan" that entailed a dramatic tightening of the country's ...

World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader. The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which ...