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

The conservative CDU/CSU bloc secured 28.5% of the vote, while AfD garnered 20%, according to an exit poll published by ZDF public broadcaster.

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc won the national election, with Friedrich Merz likely to become chancellor. The far-right ...

BERLIN: Germany's opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday (Feb 23), putting leader Friedrich Merz on ...

Government has gone out of its way not to offend US president – Thursday’s meeting will offer clues as to whether strategy has worked ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is poised to become the second biggest political force, ahead of Olaf Scholz's ...

President Donald Trump is forging ahead with his government overhaul, with Elon Musk threatening dismissals for federal employees who don’t respond to a mass email. This week will also see Trump meet ...

Exit polls in Germany's national election Sunday show opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives leading, with Alternative for Germany heading for the strongest showing for a far-right party ...

The PM and Ursula von der Leyen agreed that Europe must take action for the good of collective security on the continent ...

Exit polls show Friedrich Merz's conservatives leading in Germany's election, with concerns over far-right party strength and ...

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