Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen speaks with Daniel Caspary, a member of the European Parliament and CDU/CSU group chair, on exit polls ...

Germany's conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz welcomed on Monday the interest shown by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

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

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s new chancellor after his CDU/CSU bloc secured 28.5% votes, defeating Olaf Scholz’s ...