Friedrich Merz — the leader of the victorious Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union alliance — is a U.S.-loving ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, has vowed to bring stronger leadership in Europe at a ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be headed for the strongest showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday’s ...

A marked moment of political severance came at the end of January, when Friedrich Merz pushed through a non-binding motion on ...

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring ...

Germany’s conservatives won Sunday’s elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next Chancellor, followed ...

The leader of the victorious CDU, Friedrich Merz, has a checkered history in German politics— from challenging Angela Merkel, ...

Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the ...

Voters give the center-right a chance to govern, but the AfD lurks to take advantage of failure.

Polls are now open across Germany in an election that could shape Europe’s response to the new Trump administration, the Russia-Ukraine war and security across the continent. The election comes seven ...

POLITICO breaks down what the conservatives’ victory means for EU policy and cooperation ― from nuclear weapons to cannabis.

Polls have closed in Germany in one of the country’s most important elections so far this century, and it looks like Germany ...