Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream centre-right Christian Democratic Union party, addresses his supporters in ...

The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

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

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...

Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to return to power with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

A series of attacks helped fuel debate about immigration in the weeks before German voters cast their ballots for a new ...

The center-right Christian Democratic Union party is leading the elections in Germany, according to exit polls, with the ...

Germany has elected Friedrich Merz, a candidate for the country’s conservative Christian Democrats Union party, as its next ...