The conservatives’ expected victory comes despite a historically strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...

Germany’s center-right parties are on course to return to power after four years in opposition, while a far-right party that ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic ...

Friedrich Merz from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is on track to be Germany’s next chancellor.

Germany's opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next ...

With exit polls broadly in line with what was expected by markets, investors’ attention will now turn to how quickly Merz can form a government.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives are leading in the election. The Alternative for Germany is heading ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives are on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, the strongest sh ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz bemoans his Social Democrats' 'bitter' result, congratulates Friedrich Merz, whose coalition prospects ...

Millions voted for a new federal government after the country's three-party coalition fell apart at the end of last year.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), says the election results are "bitter" for his party, ...