A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

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

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz will start trying to form a coalition government on Monday after his ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, the strongest ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for ...

European shares were largely unchanged on Monday, while Germany's benchmark index rose as investors greeted the widely ...

World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative alliance that won Germany's national election on Sunday, is set to become ...