Family and friends gathered at Djinkarr for the ceremony – a different setting than CDU’s usual graduation auditoriums.

BERLIN (AP) — Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats started exploratory talks Friday on a possible coalition government ...

Graduation, whether from college, high school, or elementary school, is an exciting milestone for graduates and those who love them. Although graduation is a time to celebrate, it can also be a time ...

The CDU/CSU won 208 seats in the 630-seat Bundestag, necessitating a coalition to secure a governing majority. The most viable partnership appears to be with the center-left Social Democratic Party ...

All parties have ruled out forming a coalition with far-right AfD. Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option for ...

And only secondarily on the state", Resing said. Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a fifth term of chancellor.

Germany’s final election results have been declared and Friedrich Merz’s CDU/CSU alliance-led conservatives have won the 2025 polls, though short of the 30% vote-share they had expected. The far right ...

For his part, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader and Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz claimed victory as he slammed US interference in the country’s election campaign ...

Speaking at the party’s headquarters on Monday, Merz celebrated their strong electoral performance — securing 28.6 percent of the vote and cementing the conservative bloc, known as CDU-CSU, as the ...

HAMBURG, Germany -- Friedrich Merz is set to lead Europe's largest economy after his conservative CDU-CSU group won Germany's parliamentary election on Sunday, taking the reins at a time of ...

Euractiv Editor-in-Chief Matthew Karnitschnig says the CDU’s Friedrich Merz has indicated he is “not going to entertain” a coalition with the AfD following the German elections.