If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the country's presumptive next chancellor, is set to make a surprise visit to ...

After years of large influence, NGOs will face headwinds under a new CDU/CSU-led government. Berlin – Germay's Christian Democrats, fresh off their victory in the country's election, took aim at ...

Twenty-one lawmakers with Balkan roots have been elected to the new Bundestag – most of them with Turkish roots and ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) came second in Germany’s parliamentary election on 23 February, with 21% of the vote and ...

Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, but his victory may not deliver the stability many voters had ...

The victory of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Friedrich Merz was met with relief in Ukraine. The ...

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, whose centre-right bloc won the country’s election on Sunday, said the country needs swift coalition talks to form a ...

Friedrich Merz previously held the position of the chairman of the united CDU/CSU faction during the last legislative period from 2000 to 2002 ...

The incoming CDU-led government inherits a daunting to-do list: revive economic growth, achieve greater European strategic ...

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike ...

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike ...