Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

Put simply, more than four in every five of Germany's 59.2 million voters turned out. It reflects just how energised Germans ...

Far right Afd’s surge is ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, victorious Merz says - Friedrich Merz set to become new ...

Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor after the country’s election, has vowed to ...

If Friedrich Merz becomes Germany’s Chancellor, he must navigate coalition-building, far-right influence, economic hurdles, ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative opposition, achieved a modest victory in the national election. The ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz aims to form a government after winning the national election but faces tough ...

Friedrich Merz led the party to a 28.6% share of the vote. The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came second with ...

With over 28 per cent of the vote, Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc handily defeated Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) and ...

Merz’s priority will be to form a government with the third-placed Social Democrats (SPD), led by Germany’s current ...

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is working overtime to warn Germans that the time of stagnation that prevailed under the former chancellor Olaf Scholz must come to an end.

Friedrich Merz and his party, the CDU/CSU, are on the cusp of entering office and will face tough decisions ahead on how to ...