Germany's opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next ...

Friedrich Merz from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is on track to be Germany’s next chancellor.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called “a bitter election result.” ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives are leading in the election. The Alternative for Germany is heading ...

As Germany heads to the polls on February 23, Europe finds itself at a crossroads. With Berlin and Paris preoccupied with ...

Germany’s center-right parties are on course to return to power after four years in opposition, while a far-right party that ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz bemoans his Social Democrats' 'bitter' result, congratulates Friedrich Merz, whose coalition prospects ...

The centre-right CDU party has won the German elections but achieved a historically low result. The far-right AfD doubled its ...

Millions voted for a new federal government after the country's three-party coalition fell apart at the end of last year.

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic ...