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

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

With all votes counted, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory, while minnows, including the ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

Trump's statements on Ukraine last week make it "clear" Americans are "largely indifferent to the fate of Europe," Merz said.

Germany is set for a shift to the right after the conservative CDU/CSU bloc secured a clear victory in Sunday's elections, as ...

The final results spare the CDU from having to negotiate a three-party coalition with the Greens to leave out the far-right ...

The 69-year-old head of the centre-right Union bloc, which won the country's national election with 28.6 per cent of the ...

Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU bloc has won national elections by a large margin, with all constituencies counted, paving the ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

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