Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it’s now a race against ...

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

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc, is set to lead the next government after his party came first ...

German election winner says he will hold talks with other parties to adopt constitutional change in next 30 days ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has pledged to achieve “independence” from the United States after his centre-right alliance won ...

To immediately free up budgetary leeway to finance his country's rearmament, the incoming chancellor plans to vote in a ...

Friedrich Merz's political journey, stance on immigration, leadership style, and economic promises as the potential ...

Friedrich Merz’s party has won the most seats in Germany’s election. But after ridiculing the left and embracing far right ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician ... a married father-of-three, was elected to the Bundestag – Germany’s parliament – and established himself as a leader in ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has conceded defeat in the Bundestag election and congratulated likely chancellor candidate ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded ... Merz’s conservatives won 208 seats in the 630-seat Bundestag, while the AfD won 152. The three parties in the ...