Merz’s priority will be to form a government with the third-placed Social Democrats (SPD), led by Germany’s current ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Far right Afd’s surge is ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, victorious Merz says - Friedrich Merz set to become new ...

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

Germans cast their vote in Sunday's election. But it will take weeks until a new government comes into office. DW sums up the next steps.

The centre-right CDU's leader has committed himself to taking a more active role in the bloc in the midst of what he says is ...

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

With over 28 per cent of the vote, Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc handily defeated Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) and ...

The conservative party in Germany dominated elections during the weekend, with Friedrich Merz poised to become the nation's ...