Merz extends invitation

Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to ...
Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz says he wants to form a government as soon as possible after his CDU/CSU bloc ...
The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...
Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany, according to the ...
Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...
John Emerson, former U.S. ambassador to Germany, discusses the German election result, which he describes as "very good news.