With 28.5% of the vote, conservative party CDU leader Friedrich Merz is set on the path to becoming the next chancellor.

US president Donald Trump has hailed Sunday as a "great day for Germany" after an election in which conservative opposition ...

The relationship between Europe and the U.S. is one of the world's longest alliances, and yet it has never been more closely watched than the past month.

Merz's Conservative alliance secured the highest votes in a high-stakes German elections held on Sunday, bringing him into ...