Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls indicated his bloc was in the lead. Acknowledging the challenges ahead ...

Election officials in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, said that by 2 p.m. local time, some 63% of voters have cast their ballots. They said this was a higher turnout ...

Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading the votes with the far-right Alternative for Germany party heading towards the strongest ...

Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) declared victory Sunday as exit polls and early results suggest the party garnered the biggest vote share in the country’s elections ...

Friedrich Merz's conservatives (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s national election in Germany, but in second place, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) earned its best result yet in Europe's ailing ...

A resident casts a vote at a polling station in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, during the German national election. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) BERLIN (AP) — Center-right opposition ...

By Steven Erlanger and Christopher F. Schuetze Friedrich Merz, the man who is almost certain to be Germany’s next chancellor, is a conservative businessman who has never been a minister and was ...

Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading for the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II. The election came as Germany and the rest of Europe grapple with the new Trump ...

The contenders in Germany’s election made their final appeals to voters Saturday, with opposition leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz vowing to revive the stagnant economy and defend Europe ...

The general election of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, was not supposed to come until September of this year. But on Nov. 6, just a day after American voters elected Donald ...

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The leader's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) are trailing in third place, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ahead of his party in second. In the lead, polls currently suggest ...