The conservative CDU/CSU bloc won 28.5% of the vote, followed by the AfD with 20.5%, said a projection published late on Sunday by ZDF broadcaster ...

US president Donald Trump has hailed Sunday as a "great day for Germany" after an election in which conservative opposition ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to take the helm of the nation after his party, the Christian Democratic ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as ...

Friedrich Merz, who was forced out of politics about a decade ago, is all set to replace Olaf Scholz as next German ...

Merz has warned against more paralysis in Berlin at a time US President Donald Trump is driving head-spinning change, the ...

The result sprung surprises for the parties as far-right AfD achieved its best ever performance while Chancellor Olaf ...

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, ...

The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...

Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a historic second place in a fractured vote after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf ...

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz speaks at the party headquarters, after the exit poll results ...