A far-right party has come second in a German national election for the first time since the Second World War.

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.

As the Exit polls, Germany’s national election saw the conservative led by Friedrich Merz, secure a significant victory, ...

Twenty percent of Germans voted for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s election, twice as many as ...

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The country's far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), saw a historic jump in support, winning 20.8% of the vote.

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

BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. Chairman of Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) and ex-finance minister Christian Lindner said he would retire from politics after the party’s failure at the snap ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called “a bitter election result.” ...

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.

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...