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

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

By Steven Erlanger and Christopher F. Schuetze Friedrich Merz, the man who is almost certain to be Germany’s next chancellor, is a conservative businessman who has never been a minister and was ...

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

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it ...

The American side deliberately orchestrated the confrontation during President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the White House, ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic crises in decades and Europe ...

After his conservative bloc came out ahead in German legislative elections with almost 30 percent of the vote, Friedrich ... the CDU. Merz, a business lawyer from western Germany's rural Sauerland ...