German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

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

Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to ...

With all votes counted, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory, while minnows, including the ...

Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the conservative coalition made up of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian ...

After two torturous months of campaigning, the wait is over. Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU party, is on ...

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

The final results spare the CDU from having to negotiate a three-party coalition with the Greens to leave out the far-right ...

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

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

As was widely predicted, Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has won Germany’s federal elections with around 28 ...

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