Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the country's second-largest party.

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc emerged as the frontrunner in Germany’s national election ...

With Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU union coming on top of the election, coalition talks will come next. Merz seemed keen to get to ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, ...

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

Friedrich Merz will be the next chancellor of Germany. And he still can’t tell what his government program will be. His ...

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