German conservative leader Friedrich Merz aims to form a government after winning the national election but faces tough ...

BERLIN — Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won an unexciting victory in a national election Sunday, ...

Official count confirms that mainstream conservatives won German election as AfD surged to become second largest party.

Germans cast their vote in Sunday's election. But it will take weeks until a new government comes into office. DW sums up the ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative opposition, achieved a modest victory in the national election. The ...

The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the election result a "decisive victory for our political family, for ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...

Friedrich Merz led the party to a 28.6% share of the vote. The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came second with ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party on January 25, 2025 in Halle, ...

In Germany, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party placed first in Sunday’s election. Merz said Germany and Europe must achieve independence from ...

Germany’s election winner Friedrich Merz has told Benjamin Netanyahu that he would be invited to visit the European country despite an outstanding arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court ...