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

US president Donald Trump has hailed Sunday as a "great day for Germany" after an election in which conservative opposition ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative bloc won 28 percent of the vote in German legislative elections, pledged on Monday to form ...

After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party looked to collect ...

Provisional results released on Monday confirmed that Friedrich Merz, leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, ...

DW has the latest. Friedrich Merz was at the Chancellory in Berlin on Tuesday for closed-door talks with outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. It is assumed that the two would talk about the transition ...

Europe is facing a "once in a generation" moment for security, Keir Starmer says at talks to discuss support and security of ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lacklustre victory in a national election on ...

Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc has won the national election and now faces coalition talks. Merz seemed keen to get to work right away, saying that "the world isn't waiting for us." ...

The centre-right Christian Democrats received the most votes at yesterday's election, while polls suggest Alternative for ...

THIS LIVE BLOG IS NOW CLOSED ... different views” on foreign policy and security policy. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD came in fifth with 15.1%, suffering their worst losses since the ...