Germany's economy is in desperate need of foreign labor, but a political environment hostile to all kinds of immigrants makes ...

Germany’s presumptive new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, faces challenges both at home and overseas following his conservative ...

Merz, 69, is set to become Germany's next chancellor after his CDU/CSU bloc came in first place, with the far-right ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, ...

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The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

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

Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the ...

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz calls for European 'independence from US' as he blasts Musk and Trump - ...

Friedrich Merz has led his center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to a clear election victory, polls suggest, and is ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will dine with Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday evening, the Elysee said.

The leader of the conservative Christian Democrats celebrated as exit polls indicated they had won Sunday’s election, which ...