Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

The campaign was dominated by worries about the yearslong stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy and pressure to curb ...

President Donald Trump praised German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz's victory in the national election on ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...

Millions of Germans are deciding the next chancellor in snap elections Sunday with the center-right Christian Democratic ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

The center-right Christian Democratic Union party is leading the elections in Germany, according to exit polls, with the ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

The Christian Democratic Union’s likely victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...

Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, ...