Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader ...

The Left won 8.8 percent of the vote, nearly doubling its share from the last election. It performed especially well in the ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz vows to get to work on the arduous task of building a new coalition government on Monday ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that he would invite ...

BERLIN — Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won an unexciting victory in a national election Sunday, ...

The far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to become the nation’s second-largest political force, ...