The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.
Conservative Friedrich Merz is expected to win but the far-right AfD is poised to become second biggest political force.
Provisional results released on Monday confirmed that Friedrich Merz, leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, ...
Friedrich Merz's conservatives have won the ... More older people voted in today's election, according to political scientist Nicolai von Ondarza from the Europe Programme at think tank Chatham ...
Despite significant gains for the far right, the election may just result in a German government able to take on a leadership ...
The results almost certainly mean the country’s next chancellor will be Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats. Returns posted early Monday morning indicated that he had a path to ...
A Protestor holds a placard at the Brandenburg Gate, illuminated in Ukrainian colors, during a demonstration against Russia’s ...
Friedrich Merz, head of the conservative Christian Democrats, has vowed to bring stronger leadership to Europe, where the new Trump administration has sowed anxiety. By Steven Erlanger and ...