Photo: Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, gestures while ...

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.

Germany once again has the luxury of forming a government from the political centre without major obstacles. Read more at ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded his center-left Social ...

The Christian Democratic Union’s likely victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...

Incumbent German chancellor and SPD candidate Olaf Scholz called the outcome of the general election in Germany on Sunday ...

Germany’s Social Democrats are under pressure to quickly revamp leadership as a role in a new government beckons, even though ...

The exit poll suggests the CDU has topped today's ballot securing 28.5 per cent of the vote while the AfD have taken 20 per ...

Tough challenges from tricky relations with the administration of US President Donald Trump to reviving a stuttering economy ...

Germany headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament, with the election described by Western media as intense. A Chinese expert said this election will be extremely polarized and fragmented ...

Voting opened Sunday in a German general election that opinion polls suggest will bring a new chancellor and a new governing ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...