BERLIN — Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won an unexciting victory in a national election Sunday, ...

Official count confirms that mainstream conservatives won German election as AfD surged to become second largest party.

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party on January 25, 2025 in Halle, ...

In Germany, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party placed first in Sunday’s election. Merz said Germany and Europe must achieve independence from ...

Struggling a month ago, the far-left Die Linke party surged into Parliament by riding a backlash against conservative immigration policy.

Sunday’s German election saw a big shift toward right-wing parties. But while the Alternative für Deutschland piled up votes ...

Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the centre-Right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), has emerged as the winner of Germany’s ...

(LONDON) -- Before the final votes in Germany's election were even counted, Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an ...