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

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

It is clear that this [the U.S.] government does not care much about the fate of Europe,” says Friedrich Merz, who is set to ...

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 ...

AfD leader Alice Weidel celebrated her party's historic performance in Germany's latest national election, with exit polls ...

After Germans voted on Sunday, the center-right Christian Democrat leader Friedrich Merz is likely to become Germany's next chancellor.

Friedrich Merz faces complex coalition negotiations after the far-right AfD surged to a historic second place in a fractured ...

The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a sign of the times. Across Europe, far-right parties once on the fringe have gone mainstream.

The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal ...