The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

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

BERLIN (Reuters) -Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role ... the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), giving him a mandate to form a coalition government. "Germany will once ...

Friedrich Merz faces complex coalition negotiations after the far-right AfD surged to a historic second place in a fractured vote after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's unloved three-way ...

there will be an interim Chancellor Friedrich Merz and in the coming years we will overtake the Union.” Merz dismissed the idea that voters wanted a coalition with AfD. “We have fundamentally ...

Friedrich Merz promised to do things differently. Ahead of the country’s federal election last month, the likely next ...

Friedrich Merz's debt-funded investment package is still facing unknowns, that could sink the legislation and doom his ...

Germany's Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing to ...

Yesterday, the German parliament approved a historic amount of debt-funded investment in defence and infrastructure. Over the next few years, Germany may spend up to €1 trillion (£841 billion) on ...

German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that his proposed huge spending boost for defence was needed because ...

Merz declares Germany is back as the country secures major defence and infrastructure funding ahead of a crucial ...

Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz said Thursday urgent action was needed to boost ... Mr Merz," said the leader of ...