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

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

EU allies are cautiously hopeful the elections might deliver a more coherent government able to help drive forward policy at ...

Far right comes second, getting best result in a postwar national vote in Germany, sending shock waves across Europe.

According to initial forecasts by television stations ARD and ZDF, the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) of opposition leader ...

The centre-right CDU/CSU bloc is leading the race in Germany's federal election, initial exit polls showed on Sunday.

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz is projected to win Sunday’s federal election, comfortably finishing ahead of the far-right AfD party and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social ...

Nearly 60 million Germans voted on Feb 23, with polls indicating a leadership change. The CDU-CSU, led by Friedrich Merz, ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats hold commanding lead against Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in latest ...

The motion was approved thanks to votes from AfD – marking a first in post-war Germany which prompted opponents to accuse Mr Merz of breaking the firewall, which he denies. “We will under no ...