Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream conservatives had ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

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

Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz faced an uphill struggle to build a coalition government on Monday, a ...

Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002. She pushed Mr Merz aside as leader of its parliamentary group, taking the ...

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German business leaders called Monday for the swift formation of a new ruling coalition to usher in a "new beginning" for ...

Friedrich Merz has emerged victorious in a general election which saw dramatic changes in German politics – but given that ...

BERLIN — (AP) — Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, ...