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

World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz will start trying to form a coalition government on Monday after his ...

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen speaks with Daniel Caspary, a member of the European Parliament and CDU/CSU group chair, on exit polls ...

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring ...

A marked moment of political severance came at the end of January, when Friedrich Merz pushed through a non-binding motion on ...

Germany’s conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the elections, securing over 28% of the vote, while the far-right AfD ...

Germany's conservatives won the country's snap elections, but many in the party are disappointed at its overall showing. The ...