The Alternative for Germany party (AfD) emerged as the second-largest political force in Germany, securing around 20% of the ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is poised to win the German election, with Friedrich Merz set to become the new ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded his center-left Social ...

Friedrich Merz will now begin coalition talks with the SPD or the Greens but not with the AfD, far-right party which came ...

Friedrich Merz, set to become Germany's next chancellor after his opposition conservatives won the national election on ...

A far-right party has come second in a German national election for the first time since the Second World War.

Germany’s conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the elections, securing over 28% of the vote, while the far-right AfD gained over 20%. Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD suffered a historic low ...

Merz's Conservative alliance secured the highest votes in a high-stakes German elections held on Sunday, bringing him into ...

The votes were still being counted Sunday but the results were clear: Germany’s conservative Friedrich Merz is the new ...