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

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

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

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

BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. Chairman of Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) and ex-finance minister Christian Lindner said he would retire from politics after the party’s failure at the snap ...

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 ...

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that ...

In Germany, voters went to the polls on Sunday in a national election that saw a surge in support for the far-right AfD party ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz pledged to help Europe achieve "real independence from the US" on defence in stark ...

Merz declared victory on Sunday afternoon after his Christian Democratic Union party was projected to win approximately 30% of the vote.