Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated conservative leader Friedrich Merz on his victory in Sunday's parliamentary election. A spokeswoman for Merkel told the Funke media group on ...

Germany’s election results are in – and, from the looks of things, we are set to see a very different leadership style brought to the country. The man expected to be the new German chancellor has been ...

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party chose Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany’s most populous state, as its new leader Saturday. The choice sent a signal of ...

BERLIN (AP) — Alternative for Germany surged to the best showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday's national ...

Germany is poised for a shakeup in government after the country’s mainstream conservatives won its national election on Sunday, two months after outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote.

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after early results show his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has won the country’s snap election. The 69-year-old ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her conservative party on Monday that she's ready to step down as party leader following a pair of state election debacles, but plans to stay on as chancellor for ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel could suffer an embarrassing defeat in parliament on Thursday if members of her centre-right coalition break ranks and back an opposition bill requiring ...

In accepting her party’s nomination for a fourth term in office, German chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a speech that took aim at conservative critics of her liberal asylum policies, yet also ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A majority of Germany's Greens voters would be ready to form an alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives if the chance arises after September's election, a poll showed ...