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

The first exit polls in Germany's snap election have been released. Centre-right CDU tops votes so far, with leader Friedrich ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as the far-right AfD won its best-ever results.

German chancellor candidates have spoken publicly to their supporters after exit polls came out indicating the results of the ...

AfD leader Alice Weidel celebrated her party's historic performance in Germany's latest national election, with exit polls ...

Germany’s conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged as the biggest winners in the German federal election, ...

In spite of the Tesla CEO's best efforts, the AfD performed no better than had been expected when snap elections were called.

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.

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 ...

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 ...

Voters give the center-right a chance to govern, but the AfD lurks to take advantage of failure.