Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins, writes Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker.

Germany's conservatives won the national election on Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

BERLIN: Friedrich Merz, set to become Germany's next chancellor after his opposition conservatives won the national election ...

Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while the far-right ...

Germans voted for a change of leadership Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, with the far right in second, and rebuking the nation's left-leaning ...

Germany's conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), has taken the lead in the country's 2025 federal election, according to preliminary results ...

Twenty percent of Germans voted for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s election, twice as many as ...

In Germany, Friedrich Merz says the conservative bloc will do everything they can to form a government capable of taking ...