Early exit polls have indicated that the CDU/CSU union are in the lead to govern with around 28.5% of the votes. The AfD were standing at around 20%, the SPD were at just over 16% - their lowest-ever ...

AfD leader Alice Weidel celebrated her party's historic performance in Germany's latest national election, with exit polls ...

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, ...

In spite of the Tesla CEO's best efforts, the AfD performed no better than had been expected when snap elections were called.

Friedrich Merz is likely to replace Olaf Scholz as the next German Chancellor. Merz has promised to crack down on illegal ...

Germans voted for change Sunday, and the most important questions now facing their country—and Europe—are whether and how ...

Germany swung to the Right in yesterday's general election, with the Christian Democrats (CDU) - still mainstream ...

Merz, 69, now faces difficult and time-consuming coalition discussions after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

Friedrich Merz, the man favored by early exit polls to be Germany’s next chancellor after elections Sunday, was forced out of government years ago in a power struggle with Angela Merkel. The leader of ...

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