German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) after what he called “a bitter ...

Projections show German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in Sunday's national ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU won Germany's elections with 28.6 percent, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) recorded ...

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

BERLIN - Germans go to the polls on Sunday in a snap election called after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way ...

Friedrich Merz, who was forced out of politics about a decade ago, is all set to replace Olaf Scholz as next German ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Germany holds elections on Sunday after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a ...

According to YouGov’s final MRP poll before the election, the far-right AfD ’s 145 seats will surpass the 115 projected for ...

German politicians made a final scramble for votes Saturday on the eve of crucial elections in which conservatives are favoured to win despite the dramatic rise of the far right. "Tomorrow we will ...

Markus Söder, the premier of Bavaria, said he was "very confident ... just minutes after his main rival Olaf Scholz. "It will be good," Merz told reporters outside the polling station.