The Christian Democratic Union’s victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD.

"It is clear that this [the U.S.] government does not care much about the fate of Europe," says Friedrich Merz, who is set to ...

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% ...

Projections show German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in Sunday's national ...

Germany's conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative for Germany came in second, its ...

Millions of Germans are deciding the next chancellor in snap elections Sunday with the center-right Christian Democratic ...

The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the ...

If the far-right AfD performs well in Germany's national elections, it could have major implications for the EU.

After the highly unusual U.S. interventions, the AfD remains in second place heading into Germany’s federal election on ...

Germans go to the polls Sunday. Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats are likely to lose to the conservative CDU party, as the ...

The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...

European shares were poised to snap their longest weekly winning streak in nearly a year on Friday, on elevated bond yields ...