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Congratulatory messages and reactions have begun to trickle in as Friedrich Merz and the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

Friedrich Merz’s Conservatives win as far right party makes big gains - Likely new chancellor has ruled out coalition with ...

Germany’s centre-right leader Friedrich Merz has won federal elections, and is set to steer Europe’s largest economy towards a more stable government as he seeks to form a coalition with the ...

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Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a ...

Merz had signalled openness to reforming Germany’s “debt brake” to finance badly needed infrastructure investments and a ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s ...

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc emerged as the frontrunner in Germany’s national election ...