The first of the four so-called Grand Coalitions, which was led by CDU leader Kurt Georg Kiesinger, weighed 90 per cent in the Bundestag in 1966. Angela Merkel’s first of three governments with the ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

Germany's conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz welcomed on Monday the interest shown by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

Germany is set for a shift to the right after the conservative CDU/CSU bloc secured a clear victory in Sunday's elections, as ...

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

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a ...

The CDU/CSU was led to victory on Sunday by the towering Friedrich Merz, who has never served in the German government until ...

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz warned the United States on Monday against turning its back on allies but also urged ...

Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU bloc has won national elections by a large margin, with all constituencies counted, paving the ...

Germany is facing weeks of political uncertainty as CDU leader Friedrich Merz pushes to form a new government by Easter, ...