Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins, writes Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker.

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the ...

Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while the far-right ...

Germans voted for a change of leadership Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, with the far right in second, and rebuking the nation's left-leaning ...

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

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) that is winning the snap election to Bundestag, rejected the possibility of having the coalition with ...

German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won the country’s election Sunday, placing the far-right Alternative für ...

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany's chancellor after a historic election, aims to secure European independence from the U.S. amid complex coalition negotiations. Despite rising far-right ...