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

Twenty percent of Germans voted for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s election, twice as many as ...

Germans voted for a change of leadership Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, with the far right in second, and rebuking the nation's left-leaning ...

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

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called "a bitter election result." ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that ...

In Germany, voters went to the polls on Sunday in a national election that saw a surge in support for the far-right AfD party ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...