The German electorate has boosted conservative Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

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

President Trump congratulated Fredrich Merz—and himself—after Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union prevailed in ...

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Friedrich Merz is most likely to become Germany's next chancellor, with the Christian Democratic Union topping votes at just under 29%.

All three parties in the former governing coalition lost seats, with the centre-left Social Democrats falling to 120 seats, the Greens to 85 and the Liberal Party losing all its seats. While the Left ...

Thirty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the early euphoria of reunification, enduring economic inequalities between East and West have hollowed out support for Germany’s major ...