Green Party candidate for Chancellor Robert Habeck is one of Germany's best-known politicians. He also faces fierce attacks ...

The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, voter demographics and possible coalition outcomes. The ...

BERLIN, Germany — Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany doubled its support in the strongest ...

BERLIN (AP) — Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats started exploratory talks Friday on a possible coalition government, but ...

The conservative Christian Democrats led by Friedrich Merz, won Germany's Feb. 23 elections but garnered only 28.5% of the vote. Because of this, Merz - who will become the next chancellor of Germany ...

Germany’s election on Sunday sent a clear, unsettling message with record turnout and a clear anti-immigration pitch. While the center-right Christian Democrats secured victory, it was the far-right ...

Free Expression: Alternative for Germany more than doubled its 2021 vote share to 20% in the 2025 election, but the winning Christian Democratic Union, which sees the AfD as a pariah, has said it ...

In Germany, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party placed first in Sunday’s election. Merz said Germany and Europe must achieve independence from ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after early results show his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has won the country’s snap election. The 69-year-old ...

Cottbus, Germany, a modest-sized east German city near the Polish border, with its historic town square whose buildings date back as far as the 15th century, might seem a strange place to visit for ...