Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union is set to take the reins of power in Berlin after placing first in snap ...

The Christian Democrats are forming a new coalition, with plans that include a possible restart of nuclear power.

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

President Trump congratulated Fredrich Merz—and himself—after Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union prevailed in ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made ...

Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said an 'absolute priority' for him will be to distance Europe from the U.S.

While the far right made historic gains in Germany's elections on Sunday, Conservative politician Friedrich Merz won with ...

Exit polls show the center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading, with the AfD party heading towards the strongest ...