Friedrich Merz, the leader of the centre-Right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), has emerged as the winner of Germany’s elections. Mr Merz, 69, managed to fend off the far-Right by adopting a ...

On Sunday, Germany voted in a federal election that saw massive growth in support for the far-right AfD, resurgence of the ...

The preliminary results of Germany’s national election on Sunday are in, with conservative parties winning the most votes and the far-right nearly doubling its seats in the national legislature.

The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, voter demographics and possible coalition outcomes. The ...

As astonishing as the electoral gains are for Germany’s far-right AfD party in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, they represent a defeat for the Republican Party in the U.S. The AfD doubled its vote ...

Friedrich Merz, left, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), stand next to Secretary General Carsten Linnemann, right, after he receives flowers at the CDU's headquarters, in Berlin, Germany, ...

Germany’s election on Sunday sent a clear, unsettling message with record turnout and a clear anti-immigration pitch. While the center-right Christian Democrats secured victory, it was the far-right ...

The conservative Christian Democrats led by Friedrich Merz, won Germany's Feb. 23 elections but garnered only 28.5% of the vote. Because of this, Merz - who will become the next chancellor of Germany ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after early results show his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has won the country’s snap election. The 69-year-old ...

BERLIN – Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years after the head of the center-right opposition, Friedrich Merz, won Sunday's election, which saw a surge for a far-right ...

Free Expression: Alternative for Germany more than doubled its 2021 vote share to 20% in the 2025 election, but the winning Christian Democratic Union, which sees the AfD as a pariah, has said it ...

One lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended. AfD leader Björn Höcke speaks at a campaign rally in Erfurt before the German ...