BERLIN (AP) — Center-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz claims victory in Germany's national election.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is poised to become the second biggest political force, ahead of Olaf Scholz's ...

A former Kurdish member of Germany’s federal parliament is running for re-election in the country’s 2025 parliamentary elections, following a weakening of his party, the Left Party (Die Linke), ...

Christian Democrats projected to win 29% of votes, while Chancellor Scholz’s Social Democrats expected to receive only 16%, ...

Exit polls have now been published in Germany’s election, suggesting frontrunner Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian ...

Polls are open across Germany as the world’s third largest economy chooses a new leader to guide it through an era of febrile ...

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz is projected to win Sunday’s federal election, comfortably finishing ahead of the far-right AfD party and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social ...

BERLIN — Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has cast his vote in the German election. Merz is the leader of ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be headed for the strongest showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday’s ...

Germany's opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next ...

The Christian Democratic Union party is projected to win the election, but the far-right Alternative for Germany is set for its best result since World War II.

Exit polls project Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) garnered the biggest vote share in the country’s elections Sunday—and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is ...