The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

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.

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 ...

Chancellor-to-be vows greater share of investments for green transition as outgoing Bundestag reconvenes to debate bills ...

The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may deprive the future "big" coalition led by the likely Chancellor ...

Germany’s likely chancellor Friedrich Merz has said the rise of the far-right AfD party is a “final warning” to democratic parties. Mr Merz, leader of the centre-right conservative party ...

Merz's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats – in talks to form a coalition after February's general election – ...

Germany's AfD party plans to file a constitutional complaint against the proposed debt increase by potential next chancellor ...

Friedrich Merz's political journey, stance on immigration, leadership style, and economic promises as the potential ...

The party said they would not support the conservative chancellor-in-waiting’s paradigm-changing plan to invest massively in ...

BERLIN - Germany's Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state ...

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...