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

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

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a government, following coalition negotiations.

there will be an interim Chancellor Friedrich Merz and in the coming years we will overtake the Union.” Merz dismissed the idea that voters wanted a coalition with AfD. “We have fundamentally ...

Germany’s likely chancellor Friedrich Merz has said the rise of the far-right AfD party is a “final warning” to democratic parties. Mr Merz, leader of the centre-right conservative party ...

Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic ... bloc at 28.5-29% and Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at 19.5-20% — roughly double its result from ...

Friedrich Merz promised to do things differently. Ahead of the country’s federal election last month, the likely next ...

The Latest: Merz Wins Germany's Election While AfD Makes Historic Gains German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and ...

Friedrich Merz's debt-funded investment package is still facing unknowns, that could sink the legislation and doom his ...

BERLIN - Plans by Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to unleash a massive state borrowing programme were hit by ...

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