The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which won the country’s national election with 28.6 percent of the votes, has by far the best chance of forming a new government.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, the strongest ...

Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream conservatives ...

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

Merz stated that Germany could not accept Arab refugees from Gaza, saying, "We have enough antisemitic young men in this country." ...

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

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

For the first time since WWII, Germanys far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has secured second place in a national ...

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

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

Exit polls in Germany's elections predict a win for the conservatives while the far-right Alternative for Germany is set to ...