Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said an 'absolute priority' for him will be to distance Europe from the U.S.

Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises ...

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc won most votes in Sunday's national election and could form a government with the Social ...

Germany's conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz welcomed on Monday the interest shown by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

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

Friedrich Merz wasted no time in heralding a new era for Europe, and one without the US as a key partner, writes Europe ...

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

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

While the far right made historic gains in Germany's elections on Sunday, Conservative politician Friedrich Merz won with ...

At the start of November last year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner - the leader of one of ...