Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to return to power with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...

Polling stations opened at 8am (7am GMT) with more than 59 million Germans eligible to vote and first estimates based on exit ...

German are voting for their next parliament and, ultimately, government on Sunday in the country’s snap federal election. The ...

For decades, Germany maintained a robust ‘firewall’ between the centre-right CDU and the far-right AfD. Political ...

AfD has almost doubled its support since 2021 because of voter dissatisfaction with Scholz’s coalition government, says ...

Last night’s German election continues the global story of the collapse of the 20th century’s stable two-party system.

This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...

Germany's elections are taking place on Sunday, and it is the party set to finish second that is attracting much of the ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...

US President Donald Trump congratulated the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on their victory in Germany's national election ...

Immigration is the defining issue not only of the Feb. 23 election, where AfD has a strong foothold, but the entirety of ...