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 ...

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 ...

After tens of millions of Germans cast their ballots in today's federal election — or some 84% of the country's nearly 60 ...

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 ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

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

President Donald Trump praised German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz's victory in the national election on ...

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.

Voters give the center-right a chance to govern, but the AfD lurks to take advantage of failure.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...