Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election ...

Germany’s AfD party placed second in the 2025 election, fueled by immigration fears, despite its association with neo-Nazis.

Merz has warned against more paralysis in Berlin at a time US President Donald Trump is driving head-spinning change, the ...

President Trump and Elon Musk float the idea of giving taxpayers checks with savings from government cuts. Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, said he was under "no illusions" about the White House's impact on ...

He has repeatedly pledged not to work with the far-right anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party despite their second-place finish.

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany vaulted into second place on Sunday after about a fifth of voters cast their ballot for ...