Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002.

Friedrich Merz, who will become Chancellor of Germany, has promised to help Europe gain “real independence” from the United ...

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

Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the conservative coalition made up of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian ...

A look at Friedrich Merz's rise to power as he is set to become Germany's Chancellor, as his party, the CDU, tops the country ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

PROVISIONAL results confirmed that German mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, however a surge ...

The final results spare the CDU from having to negotiate a three-party coalition with the Greens to leave out the far-right ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union is set to take the reins of power in Berlin after placing first in snap ...

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