Germany's economy is in desperate need of foreign labor, but a political environment hostile to all kinds of immigrants makes ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

Merz, 69, is set to become Germany's next chancellor after his CDU/CSU bloc came in first place, with the far-right ...

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Leadership from Berlin will be essential to safeguard Europe against Russia and ward off election interference from America.

Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to ...

The leader of the conservative Christian Democrats celebrated as exit polls indicated they had won Sunday’s election, which ...

Friedrich Merz has expressed a desire to ‘strengthen Europe as quickly as possible’ in the face of a growing rift between EU ...

Friedrich Merz has led his center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to a clear election victory, polls suggest, and is ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, ...

Europe must ensure that Ukraine remains capable of defending itself even after a ceasefire, which remains a far-off prospect, ...

If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.