Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is working overtime to warn Germans that the time of stagnation that prevailed under the former chancellor Olaf Scholz must come to an end.

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

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

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while ...

European markets fell on Monday as traders reacted to the results of the German federal election. The pan-European Stoxx 600 ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the country's second-largest party ...