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

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

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor, as exit polls show his centre-right grouping has won the general election. The far-right AfD appears to have come second.

Germany's national elections saw Olaf Scholz's SPD defeated, with Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance winning over 28% of the ...

Incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz has conceded defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) after what he called “a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has acknowledged his party’s heavy loss in the national elections held on Sunday, February 23.

Polls have closed in Germany in one of the country’s most important elections so far this century, and it looks like Germany ...

Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins, writes Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker.

Twenty percent of Germans voted for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s election, twice as many as ...

The CDU leader questioned whether Nato would remain in its ‘current form’ by June as he hit out at Donald Trump ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat as his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) faced their worst postwar election result, receiving just over 16% of the vote.

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 ...