German election: the results explained as Friedrich Merz comes out swinging for Europe
Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...
German election: Merz's CDU/CSU strives to build coalition
Merz calls for European solidarity, warns against 'America first' Germany's probable next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, whose conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) emerged from Sunday's election as the ...
Election shake-up in Germany: Merz wins, SPD collapses, AfD celebrates
Germany's conservatives won the country's snap elections, but many in the party are disappointed at its overall showing. The ...