Christian Democrats projected to win 29% of votes, while Chancellor Scholz’s Social Democrats expected to receive only 16%, ...

Exit polls have now been published in Germany’s election, suggesting frontrunner Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian ...

The first exit polls in Germany's snap election have been released. Centre-right CDU tops votes so far, with leader Friedrich ...

Following a campaign roiled by a series of violent attacks, and interventions by US President Donald Trump's administration, ...

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Germany’s opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next ...

Germany’s conservative opposition came out strongest in parliamentary elections on Sunday, exit polls showed, dealing a victory to Friedrich Merz in his ...

The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leads the polls with an estimated 29% of the vote, going by the exit polls, ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

The Christian Democratic Union and its allied Christian Social Union secured the largest share of votes in the German federal ...

Far right comes second, getting best result in a postwar national vote in Germany, sending shock waves across Europe.