Germany's centre-right Christian Democratic Union is set to take the reins of power in Berlin after placing first in snap ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and its sister party, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), have won the ...

The final results spare the CDU from having to negotiate a three-party coalition with the Greens to leave out the far-right ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU win in Germany's early election signaled a shift in the political landscape, as dissatisfaction with ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany 's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is poised to become the country's next chancellor ...

Last month, the German Bundestag passed a "five-point migration plan" that entailed a dramatic tightening of the country's ...

With all votes counted, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory, while minnows, including the ...

With all results counted the Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory as smaller parties, including the ...

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BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. If the new German government cannot solve the current problems, non-systemic parties will win the next elections, said German political scientist Alexander Rahr.

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

A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...