Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union is set to take the reins of power in Berlin after placing first in snap ...

Conservatives’ Friedrich Merz on track to be next chancellor while far-right AfD in second place, its best result, exit polls indicate.

Friedrich Merz is Europe's last hope, provided that he goes beyond the caricature of the chancellor created under the ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

Friedrich Merz led the party to a 28.6% share of the vote. The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came second with ...

A fresh start for Germany looks less likely after the center-right won less convincingly than had been expected, Joerg ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU win in Germany's early election signaled a shift in the political landscape, as dissatisfaction with ...

The 69-year-old head of the centre-right Union bloc, which won the country's national election with 28.6 per cent of the ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called “a bitter election result.” ...