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

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 ...

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

The already strained relationship between former Chancellor Angela Merkel and the current CDU election winner Friedrich Merz ...

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

The Left won 8.8 percent of the vote, nearly doubling its share from the last election. It performed especially well in the ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

and Angela Merkel. Kohl, who served as chancellor from 1990 to 1998, prided himself on holding the country’s far right in check. Like Kohl, Merz is deeply conservative and believes the CDU can ...

But who is the old-school conservative who wants to rid his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), of former leader Angela Merkel’s centrist legacy? His long-time rival’s decision to ...

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

The Christian Democrat, whose party won the parliamentary elections, quickly began negotiating with the Social Democrats to ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has triumphed at Germany’s ballot boxes, paving his way to become the next chancellor. His ...