Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader ...

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

German Chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for an official visit to ...

The Alternative for Germany party, which achieved the best result in its history in the elections (20.8%), could have taken ...

The head of the party, Friedrich Merz, will become Chancellor of Germany. During the election campaign, the politician made ...

Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Germany has voted for a change of government. In early elections to the Bundestag, held on Sunday, February 23, the ...

Merz, 69, is set to become Germany's next chancellor after his CDU/CSU bloc came in first place, with the far-right ...

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Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002.