Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Merz has warned against more paralysis in Berlin at a time US President Donald Trump is driving head-spinning change, 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.

WWII chancellor, reflecting a long political journey shadowed by Angela Merkel. Despite never holding government office, Merz leads the center-right Union bloc and faces challenges like economic ...