World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his ...

Germany is set for a shift to the right after the conservative CDU/CSU bloc secured a clear victory in Sunday's elections, as ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the presumptive next chancellor, has won his constituency in Sunday's ...

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

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz will start trying to form a coalition government on Monday after his ...

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen speaks with Daniel Caspary, a member of the European Parliament and CDU/CSU group chair, on exit polls ...

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring ...

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 ...

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a ...

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 ...

WWII chancellor, reflecting a long political journey shadowed by Angela Merkel. Despite never holding government office, Merz leads the center-right Union bloc and faces challenges like economic ...

He is the favourite to become Chancellor. Mr Merz is Chairman of the CDU - Germany's center-right party. It was headed for 18 years, from 2000 until 2018, by Angela Merkel. Friedrich Merz's stance ...