From left, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union Friedrich Merz, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, panel moderator Katarzyna Pisarska and Czech

Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, reacts to the speech of Markus Soeder, leader of CSU and Minister-President of Bavaria, at the party head

With the Alternative for Germany waiting on the sidelines, any new German government coalition must hang together or hang separately.

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government ... with which Paris was awaiting Merz's arrival. Last weekend's Munich Security Conference saw him doing the rounds of European leaders ...

Friedrich Merz, whose Christian Democrats won a comfortable ... Yet the confrontational approach of Trump’s lieutenants at the recent Munich Security Conference—in which they lauded praise ...

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after his opposition conservatives won elections on Sunday, in a vote that also saw surging support for the far-right.

After winning the German election, the conservative leader must navigate a new era without Washington as a close ally.

Sunday’s federal election in Germany was historic for more than one reason. After the collapse of the so-called ‘traffic light’ coalition under chancellor Olaf Scholz, it was only the fourth time

Recent polling suggests that anti-immigration party AfD – strongly backed by US President Donald Trump's inner circle – is set for its best-ever result of around 20% in the February 23 elections.

The victory in the general elections in Germany was expected to be won by the CDU/CSU bloc. He will be asked to form a new government of the country. The new chancellor of Germany will be the leader of the Christian Democrats Friedrich Merz — a man hated by Angela Merkel.