The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal ...

Millions voted for a new federal government after the country's three-party coalition fell apart at the end of last year.

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

Polls are open across Germany as the world’s third largest economy chooses a new leader to guide it through an era of febrile ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), says the election results are "bitter" for his party, ...

Center-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls ...

Exit polls show the center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading, with the AfD party heading towards the strongest ...

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

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democrats were headed for a stinging defeat and a likely third-place finish.

But the other big story is that the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is set to become the second biggest ...