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

Friedrich Merz wasted no time in heralding a new era for Europe, and one without the US as a key partner, writes Europe ...

Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream Conservatives ...

German's Friedrich Merz has pledged to achieve "independence" from the United States after his centre-right alliance won ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz will start trying to form a coalition government on Monday after his ...

AfD celebrates a record-breaking second-place finish with 20.8% of the vote, marking its strongest performance in German ...

Germany's CDU/CSU conservative alliance won Sunday's general election election and the Elon Musk-endorsed far-right, ...

Voters turned out in record numbers for the German election. Here’s a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in ...

Germany’s conservatives secured a decisive victory in Sunday’s elections, positioning their leader Friedrich Merz as the next ...

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that ...

Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...