The victory in the general elections in Germany was expected to be won by the CDU/CSU bloc. He will be asked to form a new ...

The 69-year-old will be the oldest chancellor since Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of the new Federal Republic of ...

FILE - Floor leader Friedrich Merz, left, and Angela Merkel, chairwoman of the Christian Democrats Union party (CDU), cheer ...

The 69-year-old CDU candidate is set to become chancellor at a time when Germany is going through a deep economic, security ...

CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

The center-right CDU/CSU and the center-left SPD are set ... government together before — most recently under Chancellor Angela Merkel until 2021. So, they have a lot of common ground, but ...

But Angela Merkel, then the party's overall leader, blocked his path, and after the CDU lost the 2002 election, replaced him as parliamentary leader as well. "He embodied the more traditional ...

German nationals are heading to the ballots on February 23, with the country's current Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, down in ...

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

Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc has won the national election and now faces coalition talks. Merz seemed keen to get to ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after early results show his conservative Christian Democratic ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz and European Commission President ... Von der Leyen, 66, has reigned supreme in Brussels ever since former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her political patron, helped to ...