Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises ...

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Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU, is set to form a coalition after winning the most votes, per exit polls. The ...

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the ...

Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said an 'absolute priority' for him will be to distance Europe from the U.S.

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

Friedrich Merz’s mainstream Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, ...

The Christian Democrats are forming a new coalition, with plans that include a possible restart of nuclear power.

The CDU, along with its Bavarian sister party, the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), garnered a combined 28.6 ...

Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, crumbling ...