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

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. If the new German government cannot solve the current problems, non-systemic parties will win the next elections, said German political scientist Alexander Rahr.

German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

Skip next section SPD awaits difficult coalition talks with Merz's CDU February 24, 2025 SPD awaits difficult coalition talks with Merz's CDU SPD General-Secretary Matthais Miersch said early on ...

A conservative alliance made up of the CDU and CSU is set to lead Germany again, but the new coalition government will have ...

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