Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while the far-right ...

Germans voted for a change of leadership Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, with the far right in second, and rebuking the nation's left-leaning ...

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while ...

Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream centre-right Christian Democratic Union party, addresses his supporters in ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...