The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his ...

Friedrich Merz from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is on track to be Germany’s next chancellor.

Exit polls in Germany's elections predict a win for the conservatives while the far-right Alternative for Germany is set to ...

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

The conservative CDU/CSU is projected to lead the new German parliament with around 29 per cent of the vote, positioning ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz has ruled out any such alliance but caused uproar last month by bringing a motion to parliament ...

If the exit poll stands, the CDU will claim 28.8% of the vote in Sunday’s election, meaning Merz – an old-school conservative ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...

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