Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor, as exit polls show his centre-right grouping has won the general election. The far-right AfD appears to have come second.

After tens of millions of Germans cast their ballots in today's federal election — or some 84% of the country's nearly 60 ...

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

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives are on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, the strongest sh ...

Friedrich Merz and the opposition conservatives have won Germany's national election, paving the way for Merz to become the next chancellor. The far-right Alternative for Germany achieved its best ...

German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won the country’s election Sunday, placing the far-right Alternative für ...

BERLIN >> Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its best ever result in second place and left conservative ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...