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

Compared to last October, the vote for the CDU/CSU is down slightly vis a vis the polls, the AfD have not rallied as much as ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceding defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War II ... right anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party despite ...

Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has cast his vote in the German election. Merz is the leader of the center-right Union bloc, which has by far the best chance of forming a new ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday's election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory. Exit polls ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU conservative alliance has won ... At second place was the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which doubled its share of the vote, winning 20.8%.

Germany’s political parties have promised to maintain the AfD firewall after the election — a pledge reiterated on Sunday night by Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become the next chancellor ...