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

German chancellor candidates have spoken publicly to their supporters after exit polls came out indicating the results of the ...

Germany’s conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged as the biggest winners in the German federal election, ...

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

Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a historic second place in a fractured vote after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf ...

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

Friedrich Merz, the man favored by early exit polls to be Germany’s next chancellor after elections Sunday, was forced out of government years ago in a power struggle with Angela Merkel. The leader of ...

The Christian Democratic Union’s likely victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...

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

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