Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz vowed to get to work Monday on the arduous task of building a new ...

Friedrich Merz, chairman of Germany's Christian Democratic Union, takes a ballot at a polling station in Arnsberg, Germany, Feb. 23, 2025. German voters went to polls Sunday to decide the composition ...

US president Donald Trump has hailed Sunday as a "great day for Germany" after an election in which conservative opposition ...

Friedrich Merz faces complex coalition negotiations after the far-right AfD surged to a historic second place in a fractured ...

Becoming the second largest party in terms of numbers in Germany, far-right Alternative for Germany party (German: ...

EVEN AS COUNTING continues in Germany’s election, three things are clear. The first is that the opposition conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), along with their Bavarian sister party, the Christian ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...

Far right comes second, getting best result in a postwar national vote in Germany, sending shock waves across Europe.

Friedrich Merz is likely to replace Olaf Scholz as the next German Chancellor. Merz has promised to crack down on illegal ...

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...