Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins, writes Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker.

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

The far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the second-largest share of the votes in the German election, it's the ...

Merz, 69, now faces difficult and time-consuming coalition discussions after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

Voting started for the general election in Germany on Sunday, which opinion polls suggest will bring a new chancellor and a ...

The conservative Christian Democrats appeared to be on the cusp of victory in Germany’s parliamentary elections yesterday, ...

From immigration and Germany's ailing economy to cannabis and gender politics, here is a round-up of the burning issues on ...

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring ...

Conservatives projected to win German election in ‘last chance’ to fight off rising far-right - US president Donald Trump ...

EVEN AS COUNTING continues in Germany’s election, three things are clear. The first is that the opposition conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), along with their Bavarian sister party, the Christian ...

Yet early voter analysis shows the asylum/public security issue was key in a mass defection of voters from mainstream parties ...