Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...

Mr Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance won around 28% of the vote, while the Alternative for Germany roughly doubled its score.

After winning the German election with under 30 percent of the vote, the conservative leader Friedrich Merz will have to ...

As predicted by pre-election opinion polls, Germany’s conservatives swept to victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz's conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday ...

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Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany's chancellor after a historic election, aims to secure European independence from the U.S. amid complex coalition negotiations. Despite rising far-right ...

It was on Sunday night, as the votes were being counted, that Merz revealed what could become the defining mission of his chancellorship. His aim, he said, was “to achieve independence” from the US ...

The far-right populist AfD has emerged as the second strongest political force in Germany's election. Despite its success — ...