A far-right party has come second in a German national election for the first time since the Second World War.

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is poised to win the German election, with Friedrich Merz set to become the new ...

The relationship between Europe and the U.S. is one of the world's longest alliances, and yet it has never been more closely ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz vowed to move quickly to put together a coalition government. But that's likely to be a complicated task.

Germans voted for a change of leadership Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, with the far right in second, and rebuking the nation's left-leaning ...

If the exit poll stands, the CDU will claim 28.8% of the vote in Sunday’s election, meaning Merz – an old-school conservative ...

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

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

German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won the country’s election Sunday, placing the far-right Alternative für ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany's chancellor after a historic election, aims to secure European independence from the U.S. amid complex coalition negotiations. Despite rising far-right ...