Germany’s Social Democrats are under pressure to quickly revamp leadership as a role in a new government beckons, even though ...

That paves the way for their candidate, Friedrich Merz (pictured), to take over from Olaf Scholz as chancellor after ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday ...

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz concedes defeat in Germany's national election.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has admitted his Social Democratic Party (SPD) has suffered a "bitter election result," after ...

Exit polls show the center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading, with the AfD party heading towards the strongest ...

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

German voters are heading to the polls Sunday for a national election. The race pits the incumbent chancellor against the ...

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed ...

Despite falling more than 9 percentage points to 16.3% in Sunday’s election, the SPD will probably be tapped by-election ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday's election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

The centre-right opposition is currently favoured to win, while polls suggest Alternative for Germany (AfD) is poised to ...