The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) have gained the highest percentage of seats in the German election with 28.6%, the German electoral authority said in preliminary results. The far-right ...

Friedrich Merz will now begin coalition talks with the SPD or the Greens but not with the AfD, far-right party which came ...

Germany’s conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union ...

The conservative CDU/CSU bloc won 28.5% of the vote, followed by the AfD with 20.5%, said a projection published late on Sunday by ZDF broadcaster ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to take the helm of the nation after his party, the Christian Democratic ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as ...

Germany’s centre-right CDU/CSU bloc has won national elections by a large margin, with all constituencies counted. This paves ...

Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz vowed to get to work Monday on the arduous task of building a new ...

The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...

Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a historic second place in a fractured vote after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf ...

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz speaks at the party headquarters, after the exit poll results ...