Conservative leader Friedrich Merz vowed to move quickly to put together a coalition government. But that's likely to be a complicated task.

Germany’s conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the elections, securing over 28% of the vote, while the far-right AfD ...

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.

If the exit poll stands, the CDU will claim 28.8% of the vote in Sunday’s election, meaning Merz – an old-school conservative ...

Germany’s Social Democrats are under pressure to quickly revamp leadership as a role in a new government beckons, even though ...

President Donald Trump praised German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz's victory in the national election on ...

Friedrich Merz will be the next chancellor of Germany. And he still can’t tell what his government program will be. His ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...