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

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

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

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

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded the election and decried the historic gains of the far-right conservative ...

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...

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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the country's presumptive next chancellor, has again ruled out cooperating with ...

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 ...

Non-partisan social media users in Germany are seeing right-leaning content more than twice as much than left-leaning content ...

Follow DW for the latest. With just four days to the vote, Merz's CDU/CSU bloc is leading in the polls, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in second, and Scholz's SPD trailing in third.