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

German stocks rallied on Monday, February 24, 2025, and the euro reached a one-month high after Germany's election results.

Its early projection suggests Friedrich Merz’s CDU has won 28.9 per cent of the vote, while AfD have secured 19.9 and, ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat in the national elections, acknowledging the poor election result and taking ...

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won the national election on Sunday, while far-right Alternative for ...

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.

The centre-right Christian Democrats are currently expected to win, while polls suggest Alternative for Germany (AfD) is ...

The far-right AfD and the Left jointly secured the one third of seats needed to block constitutional changes. Both oppose ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

Germany's likely new Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has shared his concerns about the future of NATO and defence in Europe.