Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz vowed to get to work Monday on the arduous task of building a new ...

Germany’s election results send shockwaves across Europe. Friedrich Merz’s CDU-CSU alliance secured a dominant victory, while ...

Friedrich Merz faces complex coalition negotiations after the far-right AfD surged to a historic second place in a fractured ...

Despite domestic challenges, Merz’s strong transatlantic ties and pro-NATO stance may be welcomed by European allies, ...

US president Donald Trump has hailed Sunday as a "great day for Germany" after an election in which conservative opposition ...

Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the ...

EVEN AS COUNTING continues in Germany’s election, three things are clear. The first is that the opposition conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), along with their Bavarian sister party, the Christian ...

Results: Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD) endured one of its worst results in post-war Germany, coming third behind conservative alliance and far-right AfD.

Friedrich Merz, chairman of Germany's Christian Democratic Union, takes a ballot at a polling station in Arnsberg, Germany, Feb. 23, 2025. German voters went to polls Sunday to decide the composition ...

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, ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while ...