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

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Friedrich Merz’s conservatives celebrate win after far-right AfD makes record gains - Likely new chancellor has ruled out ...

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

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While the far right made historic gains in Germany's elections on Sunday, Conservative politician Friedrich Merz won with ...

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

German opposition leader and Christian Union parties floor leader Friedrich Merz speaks after the debate and a voting about migration at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support from the far-right AfD to push an anti-immigration motion through ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, main candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Friedrich Merz, main candidate and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) pose for a photo prior ...