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

Alternative for Germany surged to the best showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday's national election and ...

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

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday's ...

CDU/CSU secured 28.6 percent of the vote, followed by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) with 20.8 percent and the Social ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

An analysis of Germany’s election data shows that Sunday’s vote was historic for several reasons. Five key observations show ...