The leaders of Germany's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed on a common migration policy that would ...

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

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

Germany's likely chancellor-to-be announces a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending.

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

BERLIN—Friedrich Merz is the clear winner of the German election ... The CDU and its CSU sister party in Bavaria obtained ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

Friedrich Merz’s party has won the most seats in Germany’s election. But after ridiculing the left and embracing far right ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Many world leaders, especially in Europe, have congratulated Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian ...

Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, reacts to the speech of Markus Soeder, leader of CSU and Minister-President of Bavaria, at the party ...

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(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) FILE - The top candidate for Chancellor, Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), right, and Bavaria Governor Markus Soeder wave to supporters at a ...