Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

Conservatives’ Friedrich Merz on track to be next chancellor while far-right AfD in second place, its best result, exit polls indicate.

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

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

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

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance secured victory in the February 23 elections, with leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) achieved ...

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 ...

Friedrich Merz led the party to a 28.6% share of the vote. The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came second with ...

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

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

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

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 ...