The conservative CDU/CSU party is set to be the largest party in the next German parliament, according to the first two exit ...

It was on Sunday night, as the votes were being counted, that Merz revealed what could become the defining mission of his chancellorship. His aim, he said, was “to achieve independence” from the US ...

Germany's opposition conservatives triumph in the national election, setting Friedrich Merz on course to be the next ...

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...