Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

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

Germany's CDU, led by Friedrich Merz, secured victory in the 2025 elections, but the far-right AfD made historic gains, ...

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

Friedrich Merz, who was forced out of politics about a decade ago, is all set to replace Olaf Scholz as next German ...

The far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the second-largest share of the votes in the German election, it's the ...

After winning the German election, the conservative leader must navigate a new era without Washington as a close ally.

After a day of polling, Germany has decided its fate and it’s gone the conservative way. The CDU/CSU bloc has swept to ...

In spite of the Tesla CEO's best efforts, the AfD performed no better than had been expected when snap elections were called.

Friedrich Merz, the man favored by early exit polls to be Germany’s next chancellor after elections Sunday, was forced out of government years ago in a power struggle with Angela Merkel. The leader of ...

Maps show how every district in Germany voted. The conservative Christian Democrats have won the most seats while the ...