World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and the favourite in the election race, has waited a ...

Friedrich Merz’s coalition, comprising CDU and its Bavarian ally, the Christian Social Union (CSU), secured the largest vote ...

Friedrich Merz of the conservative CDU/ CSU has won the German election, with far-right AfD in second place. Merz, Germany’s ...

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

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has triumphed at Germany’s ballot boxes, paving his way to become the next chancellor. His ...

The 69-year-old will be the oldest chancellor since Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of the new Federal Republic of ...

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

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to take the helm of the nation after his party, the Christian Democratic ...

The far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the second-largest share of the votes in the German election, it's the ...