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, ...

Watch the trailer for 'Merkel,' a documentary about Germany's historic chancellor, Angela Merkel, who ruled for 16 years.

Since she stepped down in 2021 after more than 15 years as German chancellor, Merkel has rarely criticized CDU policies. For his part, Merz, who is the CDU chancellor candidate in Germany's ...

Image Friedrich Merz, the chancellor candidate for the conservative ... At the time, Ms. Merkel praised the German public for embracing downtrodden migrants, even those who did not qualify for ...

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

which is well below the party’s performance under the leadership of its former long-time leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The party never dipped below 30% of the vote during the ...

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

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 ...

Scholz, 66, the current German chancellor ... continuity candidate following the departure of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was chancellor for 16 years. During Scholz’s term ...