German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday defended his government's decision to retain electricity tax for most businesses ...

The CDU's Friedrich Merz will start talks to form a new coaltion on Monday Merz reiterated his stance on not cooperating with ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling coalition rebuffed calls to expand an electricity-tax discount to include households and additional companies, saying they’ll only do so when they have ...

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), reacts at CDU headquarters following the announcement of initial results in snap federal parliamentary elections on ...

Friedrich Merz set to become Germany's Chancellor following coalition agreement between CDU and SPD. The deal outlines economic priorities while keeping the far-right AfD out of government.

The conservative CDU/CSU won, and the chancellor's Social Democrats were voted out in a disastrous result for the party. One in five Germans voted for the far right. What does this mean for Germany?

Merz, 69, who led his CDU/CSU conservatives to a federal election victory in February and signed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), won just 310 votes in the secret ...

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany’s chancellor in a CDU-led government, ... after leading the organization and heading the opposition CDU-CSU parliamentary group since 2022.

Item 1 of 6 Incoming German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz holds the coalition government agreement between CDU, CSU and SPD, next to Christian Social ...

"After the coalition agreement between CDU, CSU and SPD was signed yesterday, Friedrich Merz is officially elected federal chancellor today," the CDU declared on X early Tuesday, only to walk it ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was chosen as German chancellor on a second parliamentary vote. ... The coalition of CSU/CDU and SPD has 328 seats, more than enough to secure a majority victory.

From left, Parliamentary Group Leader of the Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party Alexander Dobrindt, leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz and ...