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

An election win for Germany's conservatives eased concerns of political gridlock on Monday, but failed to lift uncertainty ...

European shares and the euro climbed on Monday as Germany's election produced a mainstream outcome, while Wall Street futures ...

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

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

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

Security experts are sounding the alarm that negotiations for a ceasefire in Ukraine are not only unlikely to happen in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ukrainian people have suffered acutely and many Russian families, who had no gripe with Ukraine, have lost their sons. It ...

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