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

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

Voters give the center-right a chance to govern, but the AfD lurks to take advantage of failure.

German voters are heading to the polls Sunday for a national election. The race pits the incumbent chancellor against the ...

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

The Christian-Democratic center-right party (CDU/CSU), led by Friedrich Merz, will return to be the ruling party with 220 ...

A series of attacks helped fuel debate about immigration in the weeks before German voters cast their ballots for a new ...

Germany’s conservatives won Sunday’s elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next Chancellor, followed ...