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

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

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

Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...

Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election​, while far ...

The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar ...

F RIEDRICH MERZ, who is likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, used his victory in Sunday’s elections to issue a ...

Germany's Robert Habeck, who had run in Sunday's election as the chancellor candidate for the environmentalist Greens, said ...

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

Financial markets rose on the likelihood of a two-party coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, with Germany's benchmark ...

Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...