Friedrich Merz (L), Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag, speaks next to Markus Soeder, Minister President of Bavaria and chairman ...

Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democratic Union's candidate for chancellor, has not shied away from blasting Olaf Scholz's economic policies and linking them to the lackluster state of Europe's biggest ...

As a new chapter in German politics begins on Monday following the federal election at the weekend, there's a distinct feeling of déjà vu in Berlin as a center-right alliance prepares to take the ...

BERLIN — The Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, have few options in front of them to form a government after taking first place in the German ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has seen his approval ratings fall to their lowest levels ahead of his government’s first ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), its more openly right-wing Bavarian affiliate, announced the names of their ministers in the incoming federal ...

• Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reaffirmed his relationship with Donald Trump despite a sharp dispute over the Iran war, ...