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

Friedrich Merz’s conservatives celebrate win after far-right AfD makes record gains - Likely new chancellor has ruled out ...

With Germany's election results in, Friedrich Merz emerges as a key figure who has promised to reshape Europe-US relations ...

BERLIN - German conservatives under Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to quickly form a government after winning a national ...

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

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

Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz faced an uphill struggle to build a coalition government on Monday, a ...

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

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

German stocks rose considerably as Friedrich Merz-led conservatives won the national election. The STOXX 600 index climbed, with real estate and utility stocks leading gains. Merz is set to become the ...

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Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...