Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

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

Polls are open across Germany as the world’s third largest economy chooses a new leader to guide it through an era of febrile ...

The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal ...

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Friedrich Merz from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is on track to be Germany’s next chancellor.

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc emerged as the frontrunner in Germany’s national election ...

German chancellor candidates have spoken publicly to their supporters after exit polls came out indicating the results of the ...

The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leads the polls with an estimated 29% of the vote, going by the exit polls, ...