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

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

Friedrich Merz's conservative party is the winner of the German general election, while current Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ...

The first of the four so-called Grand Coalitions, which was led by CDU leader Kurt Georg Kiesinger, weighed 90 per cent in the Bundestag in 1966. Angela Merkel’s first of three governments with the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be succeeded by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz after his party, the ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives have won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

Germany’s conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the elections, securing over 28% of the vote, while the far-right AfD ...

Friedrich Merz’s conservatives triumphed in Germany’s elections, obtaining over 28% of the vote, as the far-right AfD gained ...

Friedrich Merz could have one shot at fending off ascending populists and an increasingly hostile U.S., analysts say.

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