Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

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

Germany is poised to get a new leader in Friedrich Merz after elections in the European nation on3. Merz’ Christian ...

Analysts say Friedrich Merz will have one shot at fending off ascending populists and an increasingly hostile U.S.

Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz faced an uphill struggle to build a coalition government on Monday, a ...

According to local media reports, informal discussions between Christian Democrats and Social Democrats have already begun, ...

Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002. She pushed Mr Merz aside as leader of its parliamentary group, taking the ...

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

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