Friedrich Merz is likely to replace Olaf Scholz as the next German Chancellor. Merz has promised to crack down on illegal ...

Merz, 69, now faces difficult and time-consuming coalition discussions after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

Germany's conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), has taken the lead in ...

European shares steadied on Monday as Germany's election produced no nasty surprise, while Wall Street futures firmed on ...

Opposition conservatives win German election Conservative chief Friedrich Merz hits out at US AfD scores historic result but ...

Germany's national elections saw Olaf Scholz's SPD defeated, with Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance winning over 28% of the ...

The CDU/CSU has won the Bundestag election after all constituencies have been counted - well ahead of the second-placed AfD ...

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The election results mark a turning point in German politics. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democrats (SPD) ...