Friedrich Merz has led his center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to a clear election victory, polls suggest, and is ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

With no previous experience in office, Friedrich Merz is set to become chancellor with Europe's largest economy ailing and at ...

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

A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted February 18-23 from a sample of 1,506, gave the Coalition a 55-45 lead by headline respondent ...

As predicted by pre-election opinion polls, Germany’s conservatives swept to victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, ...

The biggest losers of these elections are the Social Democrats and the Free Democrats, who were part of the previous ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz's conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday.

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that ...

Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now on course to win 20.5% of the vote, according to latest projections - but there is no ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz pledged to help Europe achieve "real independence from the US" on defence in stark ...