The election victory of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the German federal election last Sunday has ...

German business leaders called Monday for the swift formation of a new ruling coalition to usher in a "new beginning" for Europe's crisis-wracked top economy after the conservatives' election win.

The German World Cup winner, who is of Turkish descent, drew criticism during his career for having close ties to president ...

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

Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002. She pushed Mr Merz aside as leader of its parliamentary group, taking the ...

The conservative opposition led by Friedrich Merz emerged victorious in Germany’s 2025 election on Sunday, securing a lacklustre victory.Exit polls and partial vote counts indicated that Merz’s Union ...

The conservative CDU/CSU won, and the chancellor's Social Democrats were voted out in a disastrous result for the party. One ...

Friedrich Merz led the party to a 28.6% share of the vote. The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came second with ...

Kyiv Post speaks with Germany’s CDU/CSU foreign policy spokesman on how the “epochal rupture” in the transatlantic ...