Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins, writes Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker.

With his party topping Germany's snap election poll, Friedrich Merz looks set to fulfil his lifelong ambition of becoming ...

Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while the far-right ...

Germans voted for a change of leadership Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, with the far right in second, and rebuking the nation's left-leaning ...

If the exit poll stands, the CDU will claim 28.8% of the vote in Sunday’s election, meaning Merz – an old-school conservative ...

European shares steadied on Monday as Germany's election produced no nasty surprise, while Wall Street futures firmed on hopes results from AI diva Nvidia this week would justify the tech sector's sky ...

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) that is winning the snap election to Bundestag, rejected the possibility of having the coalition with ...

Germany's potential next Chancellor Friedrich Merz questions NATO's future due to U.S. President Trump's statements. Merz ...

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.

BERLIN (AP) — German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, projections show. Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, ...