The Christian Democratic Union’s victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD.

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

After two torturous months of campaigning, the wait is over. Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU party, is on ...

Despite being Europe’s biggest, richest, and most important power, the German economy has stagnated over the past two years ...

Friedrich Merz is the clear winner of the German election. The question now for the conservative leader is how fast and with whom he can cobble together a government - and whether the US will seek to ...

The CDU advocates for stronger law enforcement measures, including harsher punishments. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in ... to pursue better relations with France and Poland, and to take a tougher stance against China, which he has described as a full member ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February ... Mr Merz promises to energise the “Weimar triangle" with France and Poland, musing on military co-operation ...

The frontrunner to become the next German chancellor is Friedrich ... United Kingdom and Poland, to coordinate strategies more effectively. Despite his conservative stance, Merz remains committed ...

Opinion polls haven’t wavered in their prediction of a comfortable Christian Democrat (CDU) win, and the likelihood is that party leader Friedrich Merz will form the next ... Apart from Poland and the ...