The first exit polls in Germany's snap election have been released. Centre-right CDU tops votes so far, with leader Friedrich ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second, according to the exit poll, with an unprecedented 20.2%, meaning the party – once on the fringes as officially suspected of extremism now a ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as the far-right AfD won its best-ever results.

Friedrich Merz, who was forced out of politics about a decade ago, is all set to replace Olaf Scholz as next German ...

Merz has warned against more paralysis in Berlin at a time US President Donald Trump is driving head-spinning change, the ...

The result sprung surprises for the parties as far-right AfD achieved its best ever performance while Chancellor Olaf ...

Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results “bitter” for his center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), which suffered ...

Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany, according to the ...

SYDNEY: European shares and the euro climbed on Monday as Germany’s election produced no nasty surprises, while ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) conceded defeat following a “bitter election result,” as ...

Merz is a staunch supporter of Israel, and has vowed to remove restrictions on weapons shipments, criticized the ICC arrest ...