The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative German party CDU is set to be elected chancellor on May 6, party sources said on ...

The deal comes five weeks after Germany's national election and Friedrich Merz is set to become German Chancellor in May.

The German president paid tribute to the merits of ... paving the way for the early election. Although an election had been planned for later in 2025 meaning that Scholz' chancellorship failed ...

anti-immigration party doubled in strength in last month's election. The post of speaker — in protocol terms Germany's second-highest, behind the president and ahead of the chancellor ...