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

Merz's Conservative alliance secured the highest votes in a high-stakes German elections held on Sunday, bringing him into ...

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

The euro opened higher on Monday while stock futures were volatile as Germany's conservatives won the national election as ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz's conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday ...

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

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party achieved a historic milestone, surging to over 20% in national ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz leads CDU/CSU to victory in German election, while AfD doubles support; Merz vows to fight bureaucracy.