On Sunday, the first exit polls said Merz’s CDU/CSU alliance had won at least 28.5 percent of the votes, crushing the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) of the outgoing chancellor ...

The center-right Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, won the Feb. 23 election with 28.5%. It’s an uncomfortably lackluster victory in a country ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major ...

The leader of the center-right CDU party will become the next German chancellor. LONDON -- Before the final votes in Germany's election were even counted, Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center ...

Friedrich Merz speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Berlin ... Why Sunderland have a new badge ...

Germany's top opposition leader Friedrich Merz is set to become the country's next leader after exit polls in the federal election held Sunday show his centre-right CDU party unassailably in front.

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz speaks at the party headquarters, after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany ...

Just one day after winning Germany’s election, the incoming Christian Democratic Union party, led by Friedrich Merz, submitted a formal parliamentary inquiry directed at specific non-governmental ...

According to the exit polls, it looks likely former chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party will win power under new leader Friedrich Merz. “This is a very controversial issue, as we’ve heard ...