Conservative leader Friedrich Merz says he aiming to close a coalition agreement with the SPD in a "short time." Meanwhile, ...

Despite significant gains for the far right, the election may just result in a German government able to take on a leadership role in Europe.

Friedrich Merz may create a new European military alliance.

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike ...

The crucial question now is which coalition will help Friedrich Merz secure the Chancellorship, and how stable and enduring ...

As soon as the election commission summed up the official results of the Bundestag elections, their triumphant Friedrich Merz made it clear to the acting Chancellor Olaf Scholz that in the coming ...

CDU's Friedrich Merz has claimed victory while SPD's Olaf Scholz has regretted the "bitter" election result. The German ...

Over beer, pretzels and sausages, guests gathered last night at the German ambassador’s house in Belgravia to watch the federal election results come in. The fact that the mood scarcely changed ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Notably, the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 19.5 percent votes. Its leader Alice Weidel expressed her ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

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