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

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

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

With all votes counted, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory, while minnows, including the ...

PROVISIONAL results confirmed that German mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, however a surge ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union is set to take the reins of power in Berlin after placing first in snap ...

Conservatives’ Friedrich Merz on track to be next chancellor while far-right AfD in second place, its best result, exit polls indicate.

Friedrich Merz is Europe's last hope, provided that he goes beyond the caricature of the chancellor created under the ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

After two torturous months of campaigning, the wait is over. Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU party, is on ...

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 ...