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

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.

With his party topping Germany's snap election poll, Friedrich Merz looks set to fulfil his lifelong ambition of becoming ...

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

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union in Germany, wasted no time after his party's ...