Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002. She pushed Mr Merz aside as leader of its parliamentary group, taking the ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the country's second-largest party.

Projections show German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in Sunday's national ...

The far-right had its strongest showing since World War II, while the center-left Social Democrats had their worst postwar ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

Germany’s Social Democrats are under pressure to quickly revamp leadership as a role in a new government beckons, even though ...

POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz votes in German election that comes after his governing coalition collapsed last year. Donald Trump is losing it after a series of polls this week found ...

The campaign since then has been shaken by a series of deadly attacks, a heated battle in parliament around the far-right AfD ...

Germany heads to the polls on February 23. Immigration and the economy topped the agenda during the campaign. The ...