Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Friedrich Merz could have one shot at fending off ascending populists and an increasingly hostile U.S., analysts say.

Germany's mainstream conservatives have won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU won Germany's elections with 28.6 percent, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) recorded ...

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

Friedrich Merz faces complex coalition negotiations after the far-right AfD surged to a historic second place in a fractured ...

The vote comes at a pivotal time for Europe, which faces an increasingly assertive Trump administration.

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

German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.

The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he ...