Friedrich Merz’s party has won the most seats in Germany’s election. But after ridiculing the left and embracing far right ...

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

Merz has warned against more paralysis in Berlin at a time US President Donald Trump is driving head-spinning change, the ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative opposition, achieved a modest victory in the national election. The ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) conceded defeat following a “bitter election result,” as ...