The CDU/CSU received approximately 28.5% of votes in Sunday’s election, coming in close to the 30% support estimated ahead of the polls. This will put them in first place, but their victory is ...

BERLIN — A conservative backlash is brewing in Germany, but the likely winners are working to make the transition palatable for all citizens. The Union parties — the Christian Democratic Union ...

All parties have ruled out forming a coalition with far-right AfD. Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option for ...

The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) have gained the highest percentage of seats in the German election with 28.6%, the German electoral authority said in preliminary results.

The CDU/CSU won the parliamentary elections on February 23 with 28.5%. The SPD came in third with 16.4%, behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). AfD, Greens, Left Party critical of CDU ...

Friedrich Merz from the opposition CDU is on track to be Germany’s next chancellor. Leaders of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) are gearing up to lead the country's next ...

Merz's CDU/CSU bloc secured first place with 28.5% of the vote, followed by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) with 20%, a record result for the party, as reported by the public ...

Talks between the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and Social Democrats (SPD) are to begin within the next couple of days, CDU leader Friedrich Merz announced during a press conference in Berlin ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote ... “We need big reforms in healthcare, for nursing, for the care of elderly.

Merz, the leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has already outlined three key topics that he aims to address in upcoming coalition negotiations: curbing migration, strengthening ...

The leader of Germany's Christian Democrat party (CDU), Friedrich Merz, says he wants Europe to seek "real independence from the US" as he begins work on forming a coalition government.

And only secondarily on the state", Resing said. Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a fifth term of chancellor.