Friedrich Merz's conservatives (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s national election in Germany, but in second place, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) earned its best result yet in Europe's ailing ...

US president Donald Trump has hailed Sunday as a "great day for Germany" after an election in which conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz has claimed victory. Exit polls have now been ...

Workers on Wednesday rearranged the blue seats in the chamber of the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag. After each ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

The far-right AfD and the Left jointly secured the one third of seats needed to block constitutional changes. Both oppose military aid to Ukraine.

Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major ...

On a live TV debate on Sunday ... Protesters against the far right are taking to the streets in German cities ahead of tomorrow’s election. Der Spiegel reports on the various demonstrations ...

The German election on Sunday Feb. 23 marks the end ... Oliver Crook and Michael Nienaber discuss what's at stake in the vote in a Live Q&A on Friday, Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. EST.

The only time a single parliamentary group secured a majority was for the parliamentary term of 1957 to 1961 when the CDU/CSU won elections in West Germany. Whichever party secures the most votes will ...