Merz’s Conservative CDU emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s federal elections, winning 208 seats in the 630-seat German ...

POLITICO breaks down what the conservatives’ victory means for EU policy and cooperation ― from nuclear weapons to cannabis.

opining that "if Merz were a bullfighter, he would probably hold the red cloth in front of his stomach". Merz, who is Roman Catholic, was born on November 11, 1955, and lives among the rolling ...

The top candidates, conservative front-runner Friedrich Merz and current Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats, voted within minutes of each other in different parts of the country on ...

The grouping is known as the "traffic light" coalition because of the combination of red, green and yellow ... Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has said he hopes to form a ...

The far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has been running in second place with around 20% of the vote — well above its previous best of 12.6% in a national election, from ...