Friedrich Merz is Europe's last hope, provided that he goes beyond the caricature of the chancellor created under the ...

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

Conservatives expected to have tough coalition talks after the far-right AfD surged to become Germany’s second-largest party.

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 ...

We look forward to continuing our joint work with Germany to protect lives, bring real peace closer to Ukraine, and ...

European shares were largely unchanged on Monday, while Germany's benchmark index rose as investors greeted the widely ...

World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader. The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which ...

Friedrich Merz led the party to a 28.6% share of the vote. The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came second with ...