A look at Friedrich Merz's rise to power as he is set to become Germany's Chancellor, as his party, the CDU, tops the country ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union is set to take the reins of power in Berlin after placing first in snap ...

The 69-year-old head of the centre-right Union bloc, which won the country's national election with 28.6 per cent of the ...

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

German business leaders on Monday called on Berlin to quickly form a new government, warning Europe's top economy could not ...

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The far-right AfD has emerged as the second strongest political force in Germany's election 2025. Despite its success, as well as support from Elon Musk and JD Vance, it has no chance of participating ...

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

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

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

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 ...