Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friedrich Merz is on track to become Germany’s next chancellor after his center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party took ...

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's opposition conservatives won a national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next chancellor while the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

In Germany’s national election on Sunday, center-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory after exit polls showed his bloc in the lead. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading for ...

Germany's center-right alliance appears set to win the country's latest federal election, which comes at a critical moment for Europe's largest economy. The latest exit polls show the Christian ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years. The latest result cements a shift to the right in Europe.

President Donald Trump celebrated the success of Germany’s right-wing parties in an all-caps post on Truth Social following the country’s Sunday election. Merz’s center-right, Christian governing ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz addresses supporters after first exit polls Getty Images Friedrich Merz is on track to become Germany’s next chancellor after his center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...