Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, has vowed to bring stronger leadership in Europe at a ...

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

Friedrich Merz — the leader of the victorious Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union alliance — is a U.S.-loving ...

Germany’s conservatives won Sunday’s elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next Chancellor, followed ...

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be headed for the strongest showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday’s ...

The Christian-Democratic center-right party (CDU/CSU), led by Friedrich Merz, will return to be the ruling party with 220 ...

Polls have closed in Germany in one of the country’s most important elections so far this century, and it looks like Germany ...

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier called the elections after chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence on 15 ...

Last month, he brought a nonbinding motion calling for many more migrants to be turned back at Germany's borders to ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday's election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory. Exit polls ...