Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

Germany has long been considered to have relatively ambitious climate goals and it’s likely that combatting climate change ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU, is set to form a coalition after winning the most votes, per exit polls. The ...

While the far right made historic gains in Germany’s pivotal federal elections on Sunday, the conservative Christian ...

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, said he was under "no illusions" about the White House's impact on ...

Exit polls in Germany show that the country's conservative union of the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union ...

Germany is set for a shift to the right after the conservative CDU/CSU bloc secured a clear victory in Sunday's elections, as ...

Although the far-right AfD won 152 seats and would give CDU leader Friedrich Merz a comfortable 360-seat majority, he has already declared he won't form a coalition with the party.

AfD's rise to become the second-largest party in Germany on Sunday's election is a boost to the country's conservative ...