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 ...
Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...
The 69-year-old CDU candidate is set to become chancellor at a time when Germany is going through a deep economic, security ...
Based on more than a dozen interviews in the final weeks of the German election campaign, POLITICO tells the story of how ...
Germans voted for a change of leadership Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, with the far right in second, and rebuking the nation's left-leaning ...
Germany's snap elections risk deepening political instability as the far-right AfD gains ground, shifting the country's ...
Several voters took note of a speech by Vice President JD Vance this month, when he told European leaders to stop shunning ...
Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative für Deutschland party, or AfD, is on course for a stunning result in Sunday’s ...
Germany's conservatives won Sunday's elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor, followed ...
Germans went to the polls Sunday in a pivotal election, with the conservatives the strong favourites after a campaign rocked ...