Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, ...

Friedrich Merz heralds a new era for Germany, after the German elections revealed a majority of young voters are leaning ...

The 69-year-old conservative leader heads the center-right Union bloc, which won Germany's national election with 28. ... derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government ...

EXCLUSIVE: As Germany is set to get a new chancellor, an acclaimed documentary examines the leadership and legacy of a previous chancellor – Angela Merkel. The former head of the Christian Democratic ...

Throughout the election campaign, the Greens attempted to downplay their role in Germany’s economic crisis ... At the same time, his distance from Angela Merkel within the party, as well ...

After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social ... For the two would-be partners, distancing themselves from the legacy of former CDU chancellor Angela Merkel, who three ...

The Christian Democrats are forming a new coalition, with plans that include a possible restart of nuclear power.

Germany is poised for a shakeup in government after the country’s mainstream conservatives won its national election on Sunday, two months after outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote.

The strong performance of Germany’s far-right party, the Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD. AfD had shown surprising support in preelection polls, and grabbed a lot of attention in part thanks to ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives won the country’s ... A political career once sidelined by iconic Angela Merkel The top job has been late in coming for Friedrich Merz, a lawyer by profession, who ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated conservative leader Friedrich Merz on his victory in Sunday's parliamentary election. A spokeswoman for Merkel told the Funke media group on ...