Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

Exit poll results suggest vast gains for the far-right AfD party and a sizeable shift in the fortunes of Germany’s two ...

First exit polls for Germany's general elections have rolled in and the conservative CDU is projected to win. Party leader Friedrich Merz is gearing up to become the next chancellor. He promised ...

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

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

Young Germans flocked to opposite ends of the political spectrum in the federal election, rejecting the centre.

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative opposition, achieved a modest victory in the national election. The ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany, according to the ...

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won the national election on Sunday, while far-right Alternative for ...

Notably, the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 19.5 percent votes. Its leader Alice Weidel expressed her ...