The other winner was the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), who are celebrating a record second-place result of 20.8%.

Conservatives have won Germany's election, with the far-right securing record votes. Exit polls have the centre-right CDU topping votes at about 29 percent. AFD has had the best showing for a German ...

A poll suggests that a coalition between the conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) is the most ...

Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, ...

Friedrich Merz’s Conservatives celebrate win as far right party makes record gains - Likely new chancellor has ruled out ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become the post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

The CDU/CSU won the German elections on Sunday but have limited options to form a government after taking first place in the ...

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a ...

European markets are expected to open in broadly higher territory Monday as traders react to the results of the German ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the country's second-largest party.

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz will start trying to form a coalition government on Monday after his ...