German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

European shares were largely unchanged on Monday, while Germany's benchmark index rose as investors greeted the widely ...

"This decision has mobilized public opinion," explained someone close to Merz a few days before the election. "Even if it has ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives have won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU win in Germany's early election signaled a shift in the political landscape, as dissatisfaction with ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

Conservatives’ Friedrich Merz on track to be next chancellor while far-right AfD in second place, its best result, exit polls indicate.

We look forward to continuing our joint work with Germany to protect lives, bring real peace closer to Ukraine, and ...

The 69-year-old head of the centre-right Union bloc, which won the country's national election with 28.6 per cent of the ...

Friedrich Merz is Europe's last hope, provided that he goes beyond the caricature of the chancellor created under the ...