Such a plan would mark a step-change in Germany’s traditionally conservative approach to public borrowing. Berlin in 2009 ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc, is set to lead the next government after his party came first ...

The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

AfD leader Alice Weidel accuses Germany's likely future chancellor Friedrich Merz of "election fraud." She says Merz promised to "close the borders" but did the opposite. Is that true?

BERLIN—Friedrich Merz is the clear winner of the German election ... task of turning around a German economy that has barely ...

Results this morning indicate that Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democrats ... Schmitz has covered Germany's levelheaded management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of right-wing ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz plans to free Germany from the fiscal straitjacket that former leader Angela Merkel had ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an ...

Center-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday's election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming ... restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and support for Ukraine after Russia's full ...

BERLIN — Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the ... including responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The election took place seven months earlier than originally planned ...

BERLIN — Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country ... including responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The election took place seven months earlier than originally ...