Merz, 69, now faces difficult and time-consuming coalition discussions after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

Germany's opposition conservatives CDU/CSU won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be ...

As predicted by pre-election opinion polls, Germany’s conservatives swept to victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, ...

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

Germany’s former finance minister Christian Lindner will end his political career following a disastrous election result that ...

Germany's opposition conservatives triumph in the national election, setting Friedrich Merz on course to be the next ...

AfD set for strongest result ever while incumbent chancellor’s SPD on track for worst-ever outcome in fourth snap election in country’s history ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...

Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now on course to win 20.5% of the vote, according to latest projections - but there is no ...

Germany's mainstream political parties lost support while the far-right AfD gained ground in one of the last polls published ...

BERLIN >> Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its best ever result in second place and left conservative ...

The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal ...