Who is Friedrich Merz? The conservative set to become Germany's new chancellor
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is poised to win the German election, with Friedrich Merz set to become the new ...
Friedrich Merz and his long march to the German chancellery
Friedrich Merz's conservative party won Germany's national election, positioning him to form a coalition government amidst economic and diplomatic crises. Despite past failures and criticism, Merz's ...
Conservative opposition wins German election, AfD in second with strongest postwar result
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz vowed to move quickly to put together a coalition government. But that's likely to be a complicated task.
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Conservatives win German vote, far-right comes 2nd with strongest result since WWII
Likely chancellor Merz accuses Trump of being 'largely indifferent to the fate of Europe'; AfD makes record gains but all ...
German Elections 2025 Results: Conservative Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz Wins, Far Right 2nd With Strongest Performance Since World War-2
Projections for ARD and ZDF public television showed his party finishing in third place with its worst postwar result in a ...
Germany's new Chancellor-elect Merz to seek coalition government, pledges to shift away from US
Merz, 69, now faces difficult and time-consuming coalition discussions after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...