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

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces economic and diplomatic crises.

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

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceding defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading ...

The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may deprive the future "big" coalition led by the likely Chancellor ...

Who is Germany’s election winner and how will he fare against AfD leader Alice Weidel? - Friedrich Merz has taken aim at the US and says Europe must stand up for itself ...

FREE TO READ] German election winner could struggle to reform strict borrowing rules due to opposition in next parliament ...

The party said they would not support the conservative chancellor-in-waiting’s paradigm-changing plan to invest massively in ...

Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz is set to defend his unprecedented plans to massively ramp up defence and infrastructure spending in parliament as lawmakers begin debating the proposals.

Germany's AfD party plans to file a constitutional complaint against the proposed debt increase by potential next chancellor ...

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

Berlin: German opposition leader Friedrich Merz's conservatives were on course for a lackluster ... put support for Merz's Union bloc at just under 29 per cent and Alternative for Germany, or AfD, ...