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 ...

Germany's election reshapes the political scene, with the far right and far left parties on the rise and coalition chaos and ...

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

Germany's mainstream conservatives won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation's second-largest party, according to provisional results following Sunday's ...

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

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 ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for ...

European shares were largely unchanged on Monday, while Germany's benchmark index rose as investors greeted the widely ...

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

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

Good morning. Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc wins Germany's election. Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he will step down if it ...