Friedrich Merz faces a host of political, economic and foreign policy challenges as he puts together a working coalition ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, ...

The leader of the victorious CDU, Friedrich Merz, has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging Angela Merkel ...

EXCLUSIVE: As Germany is set to get a new chancellor, an acclaimed documentary examines the leadership and legacy of a previous chancellor – Angela Merkel. The former head of the Christian Democratic ...

However, reunification in 1990 allowed Angela Merkel, the East German daughter of a protestant pastor, to enter politics and ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated conservative leader Friedrich Merz on his victory in Sunday's ...

A look at Friedrich Merz's rise to power as he is set to become Germany's Chancellor, as his party, the CDU, tops the country ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative für Deutschland party, or AfD, is on course for a stunning result in Sunday’s ...

Germany's conservative leader, Friedrich Merz, is poised to lead the nation after his party, the Christian Democratic Union ...

As Germans head to the polls today, no fewer than 59.2 million eligible voters, including millions who have already cast ballots by post, will determine the country’s next chancellor. The election has ...

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.