Merz had signalled openness to reforming Germany’s “debt brake” to finance badly needed infrastructure investments and a ...

Friedrich Merz’s Conservatives win as far right party makes big gains - Likely new chancellor has ruled out coalition with ...

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc emerged as the frontrunner in Germany’s national election ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc, has emerged victorious in ...

Provisional results in Germany’s election confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as ...

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

Friedrich Merz-led conservative alliance won Germany’s parliamentary election on Feb 23. The CDU-CSU bloc reportedly secured 28.5% of votes, finishing far ahead of other parties. After declaring ...

With Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU union coming on top of the election, coalition talks will come next. Merz seemed keen to get to work right away, saying that "the world isn't waiting for us." Follow DW f ...

German Christian Democrats secure potential parliamentary majority through possible coalition with Social Democrats, ...