The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

Germany's national elections saw Olaf Scholz's SPD defeated, with Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance winning over 28% of the ...

Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while the far-right ...

Germany's conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), has taken the lead in ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor, as exit polls show his centre-right grouping has won the general election. The far-right AfD appears to have come second.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has acknowledged his party’s heavy loss in the national elections held on Sunday, February 23.

The CDU leader questioned whether Nato would remain in its ‘current form’ by June as he hit out at Donald Trump ...

Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins, writes Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat as his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) faced their worst postwar election result, receiving just over 16% of the vote.

Germans voted for a change of leadership Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, with the far right in second, and rebuking the nation's left-leaning ...