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

German stocks ended Monday higher in Europe after conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the national election with promises ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

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

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...