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

President Donald Trump was right to criticize Germany, during his first term for its anemic defense spending, reliance on Russian natural gas, and loose stance on migration.

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative opposition, achieved a modest victory in the national election. The ...

Exit poll results suggest vast gains for the far-right AfD party and a sizeable shift in the fortunes of Germany’s two ...

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

Elon Musk has continued his public association with Germany ’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, sending a ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

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

It is clear that this [the U.S.] government does not care much about the fate of Europe,” says Friedrich Merz, who is set to ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU won Germany's elections with 28.6 percent, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) recorded ...

Projections show German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in Sunday's national ...