Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

GERMANY’S likely next chancellor has accused Elon Musk of “Russian-style” meddling after far-right AfD’s historic election showing. Friedrich Merz led the Christian

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz calls for European 'independence from US' as he blasts Trump and Musk - Friedrich Merz says ‘intervention’ from Washington ‘no less drastic, dramatic, and ultimately no less brazen,