Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...

Germany's 2025 election results show a CDU/CSU victory, a Merz chancellorship, AfD's surge, SPD decline, and shifting political dynamics with major European impact.

Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc won 28.6% of the votes, followed by 20.8% for the far-right Alternative for Germany, according to the ...

Friedrich Merz has led the Christian Democrats to victory in Germany's election. The 69-year-old politician will now enter ...

The coalition’s economic measures and the prospect of an increase in the defence budgets of European states to around 3% of ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU bloc has won the national election and now faces coalition talks. Merz seemed keen to get to work ...

After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party looked to collect ...

Germany's conservatives won the country's snap elections, but many in the party are disappointed at its overall showing. The ...

After far-right party AfD came second in the German elections; here's what we know about its leader Alice Weidel, and her girlfriend.

Just 34 per cent of under 25s voted for the CDU/CSU or the AfD, compared to 52 per cent of over 60s. Meanwhile, 47 per cent ...