With 28.5% of the vote, conservative party CDU leader Friedrich Merz is set on the path to becoming the next chancellor.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...

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 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.

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.

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

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...

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 ...

Alternative for Germany, a far-right political party under surveillance by intelligence services for suspected extremism, ...