In German public broadcaster ARD's Berliner Runde post-election debate on Sunday night, all main candidates gathered to discuss key takeaways. Merz reaffirmed his stance against forming a coalition ...

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that ...

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

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

The opposition conservative leader Friedrich Merz has emerged victorious in the German Federal Elections and the results will ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz promised to “achieve independence” from the US after his centre-right bloc won federal elections, ...

Trump’s praise for Friedrich Merz’s ‘conservatives’ offers a glimmer of hope after the White House’s brutal criticism of ...

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

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.

How long all of that would take remains to be seen; in the past, it has varied greatly from government to government. In 2017 ...

One in five voters in the German election favored the far right. The AfD leader’s dramatic rise terrifies many of the others.