A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which won the country’s national election with 28.6 percent of the votes, has by far the best chance of forming a new government.

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

German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

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

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a ...

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

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

Exit polls in Germany's elections predict a win for the conservatives while the far-right Alternative for Germany is set to ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s ...

Friedrich Merz’s party has won the most seats in Germany’s election. But after ridiculing the left and embracing far right ...