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 ...

The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal ...

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

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

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

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

Voters give the center-right a chance to govern, but the AfD lurks to take advantage of failure.

Friedrich Merz will be the next chancellor of Germany. And he still can’t tell what his government program will be. His ...

The conservative Christian Democrats appeared to be on the cusp of victory in Germany’s parliamentary elections yesterday, ...

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

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won Germany's national election. The far-right Alternative for Germany ...