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 ...

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

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called “a bitter election result.” ...

Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream conservatives ...

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...