The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...

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

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...

Germany's conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative for Germany came in second, its ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that ...

The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the ...

Millions of Germans are deciding the next chancellor in snap elections Sunday with the center-right Christian Democratic ...