He has repeatedly pledged not to work with the far-right anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party despite their second-place finish.

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

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years after the head of the center-right opposition, Friedrich ...

While the far right made historic gains in Germany's elections on Sunday, Conservative politician Friedrich Merz won with ...

Analysts say Friedrich Merz will have one shot at fending off ascending populists and an increasingly hostile U.S.

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

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for ...

The Christian Democratic Union’s victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD.