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 ...

Germany's conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), has taken the lead in the country's 2025 federal election, according to preliminary results ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party won in Germany’s national election, with leader Friedrich Merz saying he wants ‘unity’ in ...

After tens of millions of Germans cast their ballots in today's federal election — or some 84% of the country's nearly 60 ...

Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream centre-right Christian Democratic Union party, addresses his supporters in ...

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

BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) that is winning the snap election to Bundestag, rejected the possibility of having the coalition with ...

BERLIN >> Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its best ever result in second place and left conservative ...

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.

Germany is set for a shift to the right after the conservative CDU/CSU bloc secured a clear victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections, amid a surge in support for the far right. The result paves the ...

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