Germany’s conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged as the biggest winners in the German federal election, ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.

If the exit poll stands, the CDU will claim 28.8% of the vote in Sunday’s election, meaning Merz – an old-school conservative ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is due to enter the history books as the country's shortest-serving centre-left head of ...

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

President Donald Trump praised German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz's victory in the national election on ...

Friedrich Merz will be the next chancellor of Germany. And he still can’t tell what his government program will be. His ...