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

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

After tens of millions of Germans cast their ballots in today's federal election — or some 84% of the country's nearly 60 ...

The 69-year-old head of the centre-right Union bloc, which won the country's national election with 28.6 per cent of the ...

Conservatives expected to have tough coalition talks after the far-right AfD surged to become Germany’s second-largest party.

Friedrich Merz led the party to a 28.6% share of the vote. The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came second with ...

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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World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader. The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which ...