Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream Conservatives ...

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc emerged as the frontrunner in Germany’s national election ...

Germany’s centre-right leader Friedrich Merz has won federal elections, and is set to steer Europe’s largest economy towards a more stable government as he seeks to form a coalition with the ...

Congratulatory messages and reactions have begun to trickle in as Friedrich Merz and the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a ...