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 ...

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

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called “a bitter election result.” ...

Photo: Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, gestures while ...

World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the presumptive next chancellor, has won his constituency in Sunday's ...

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

The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...