Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

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

Germany is set for a shift to the right after the conservative CDU/CSU bloc secured a clear victory in Sunday's elections, as ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, ...

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen speaks with Daniel Caspary, a member of the European Parliament and CDU/CSU group chair, on exit polls ...

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring ...

Friedrich Merz aims to lead Germany after CDU's 28.5% vote win, focusing on economic revival and immigration reforms.- Watch ...

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a ...

The 69-year-old head of the centre-right Union bloc, which won the country's national election with 28.6 per cent of the ...

The Kremlin expressed cautious optimism about future relations with Germany following Friedrich Merz's election victory. Merz is set to become chancellor, replacing Olaf Scholz's fractured alliance.