Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002.

With all votes counted, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory, while minnows, including the ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory after his Christian Democrats won nearly 29% of the votes in the ...

Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to ...

Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the conservative coalition made up of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian ...

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

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives have won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

The Leader of the AfD remarks that America can have a docile Germany and pay most of its defense bills — or leave Germany to ...

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

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