Merz’s priority will be to form a government with the third-placed Social Democrats (SPD), led by Germany’s current ...
Markus Söder, the boss of Bavaria's centre-right Christian Social Union (CSU), claimed a share of the credit for the ...
Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is working overtime to warn Germans that the time of stagnation that prevailed under the former chancellor Olaf Scholz must come to an end.
Friedrich Merz has led the Christian Democrats to victory in Germany's election. The 69-year-old politician will now enter ...