The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats ...

"The members have the final say," said party chairman Lars Klingbeil. "The members will make the final decision." Klingbeil ...

Friedrich Merz previously held the position of the chairman of the united CDU/CSU faction during the last legislative period from 2000 to 2002 ...

The incoming CDU-led government inherits a daunting to-do list: revive economic growth, achieve greater European strategic ...

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike ...

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrat-led bloc secured 208 out of 630 seats in the lower house of parliament, meaning its ...

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...

The outcome of the German election “has not resulted in a clear path to the constitution being changed to allow for a step ...

Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged victorious in Germany’s snap parliamentary elections, dealing a significant blow to ...

Financial markets rose on the likelihood of a two-party coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, with Germany's benchmark ...