Young Germans flocked to opposite ends of the political spectrum in the federal election, rejecting the centre.

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

Exit poll results suggest vast gains for the far-right AfD party and a sizeable shift in the fortunes of Germany’s two ...

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

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won the national election on Sunday, while far-right Alternative for ...

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

Notably, the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 19.5 percent votes. Its leader Alice Weidel expressed her ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative opposition, achieved a modest victory in the national election. The ...

Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany, according to the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat in the national elections, acknowledging the poor election result and taking ...

The leader of the party said she received the call after the party known as the AfD finished second in national elections, by ...