The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises ...

Chancellor-in-waiting may ask for shelter under UK and France’s nuclear umbrella as he calls for Europe to build up its ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the centre-Right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), has emerged as the winner of Germany’s ...

Germany’s likely chancellor Friedrich Merz has said the rise of the far-right AfD party is a “final warning” to democratic ...

Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany, according to the ...

Friedrich Merz wants to form a government by Easter, but will face significant hurdles as he tries to find a compromise over ...

Germany's CDU/CSU is poised to form a government after elections, with rising support for the far-right AfD, reflecting a ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative opposition, achieved a modest victory in the national election. The ...

That the incoming German leader spoke of ‘independence’ from the US shows Europe can’t any longer be only a lifestyle ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...