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

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

Germany's mainstream conservatives have won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

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

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

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a ...

Germany's conservatives, led by Friedrich Merz, won the election but face complex coalition talks. The far-right AfD secured second place with its best result. Merz aims to stabilize Germany amidst ...

Leading German chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz has seen his support decline this week, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) maintained its second position, according to the latest ...

Merz again insisted he would never form a coalition with the AfD, despite relying on their ... topics such as the high cost of living and Germany's moribund economy but largely avoided foreign ...

He said that a country where the AfD could score over 20 percent "is not a country I like to be in". Merz, a traditional conservative, has argued that, unless Germany wants to one day see the AfD ...