Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next head of government, is already trying to shape foreign policy. He is especially ...

Germany's conservatives, who won elections last weekend, are set to start exploratory talks with the Social Democrats on ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz says he aiming to close a coalition agreement with the SPD in a "short time." Meanwhile, ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Mapped: The German election results after far right AfD sees surge in support in the East - The conservative alliance led by ...

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is working overtime to warn Germans that the time of stagnation that prevailed under the former chancellor Olaf Scholz must come to an end.

Following a historic election defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday ...

Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

The Christian Democratic Union’s likely victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...