The Latest: Opposition leader Merz set to form Germany's next government
Germany's mainstream conservatives won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s ...
Merz Appears Poised to Be Germany’s Next Chancellor
Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring ...
Germany's Merz will push up debt with help of left, says AfD leader
The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...
Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to take Germany's top job after election?
Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...
Europe Should 'Achieve Independence' From US, Says Germany's Merz
Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...
Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
The biggest takeaways from Germany’s election, which will bring change to the EU’s leading power
Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...
Germany Election Results: Center-Right Leader Declares Victory—And Elon Musk-Boosted AfD Celebrates
Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made ...