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

There's no new government in Germany quite yet, but after Sunday's election, it's all but certain that Friedrich Merz of the ...

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union, is poised to become the country’s next chancellor, with preliminary results showing his party ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and a love of aviation, is set to become the country’s next chancellor after emerging as winner in ...