German election results 2025 – live: Friedrich Merz’s Conservatives win as far right party makes big gains
Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream Conservatives ...
German Election Delivers Historic Shift as Merz Wins Mandate
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Conservatives win German election while far-right party surges to second place
Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...
5 Takeaways From Germany’s Election
Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...
CDU has limited options for forming government by shutting out second-place Alternative for Germany
The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...
Conservative opposition wins German election, far right is second
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...
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German vote winner Merz faces tough talks to build govt
Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz vowed to get to work Monday on the arduous task of building a new ...
Germany's conservatives win election as far-right AfD leaps to second place, exit polls show
The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal ...
Conservative Merz appears poised to be Germany’s next chancellor
Germans voted for a change of leadership Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, with the far right in second, and rebuking the nation's left-leaning ...