That paves the way for their candidate, Friedrich Merz (pictured), to take over from Olaf Scholz as chancellor after ...
CNN’s Fred Pleitgen speaks with Daniel Caspary, a member of the European Parliament and CDU/CSU group chair, on exit polls ...
Germany’s centre-right leader Friedrich Merz won federal elections on Sunday, clearing his path to become Chancellor at a ...
Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian CSU sister party won the election on Sunday and are ...
A marked moment of political severance came at the end of January, when Friedrich Merz pushed through a non-binding motion on ...
After winning the German election, the conservative leader must navigate a new era without Washington as a close ally.
Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany, according to the ...
Friedrich Merz is set to lead Europe's largest economy after his conservative CDU-CSU group won Germany's parliamentary ...
With European security in the balance, Friedrich Merz could lead a new Western alliance, without America. But will Germany ...
The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.
Exit polls show Friedrich Merz's conservatives leading in Germany's election, with concerns over far-right party strength and ...
The conservative CDU/CSU is projected to lead the new German parliament with around 29 per cent of the vote, positioning ...