Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...

Voting started for the general election in Germany on Sunday, which opinion polls suggest will bring a new chancellor and a ...

Bavarian Premier Markus Söder exuded optimism when casting his ballot in Germany's early elections on Sunday, with his ...

Overall, 4,506 candidates, with almost a third of them women, are vying for 630 seats in the Bundestag. About 59.2 million Germans eligible to vote will shape the new German parliament. Following the ...

Germany holds elections after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a "black-red" ...

The far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is expected to come second in line, ahead of Scholz's Social Democratic ...

The far-right AfD likely will score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards. The ...

According to YouGov’s final MRP poll before the election, the far-right AfD ’s 145 seats will surpass the 115 projected for ...

CDU's Freiderich Merz, frontrunner for chancellor, has promised a ‘much tougher stance’ than the one Germany has been ...

Polls have opened in Germany's parliamentary election that was brought forward by the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz' ruling coalition in November. The conservative CDU/CSU leads in opinion polls.

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed ...