The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

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

A marked moment of political severance came at the end of January, when Friedrich Merz pushed through a non-binding motion on ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

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

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Friedrich Merz aims to lead Germany after CDU's 28.5% vote win, focusing on economic revival and immigration reforms.- Watch ...

Germany is poised to get a new leader in Friedrich Merz after elections in the European nation on3. Merz’ Christian ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, ...

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 ...