Yet early voter analysis shows the asylum/public security issue was key in a mass defection of voters from mainstream parties ...

Early projections say Germany's conservative bloc has secured some 28.5% of the votes ahead of the far-right AfD with over 20 ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party is set to be the largest party in the next German parliament with 28.5% of the vote, according to projections.

The 69-year-old corporate lawyer and investment banker is now set to become Germany’s next chancellor, replacing the ...

At the start of November last year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner - the leader of one of ...

Centre-right party the Christian Democratic Union of Germany is projected to win the national election, putting Friedrich Merz on track to be the country's next chancellor.

Germany's conservatives win the vote, while the far right alternative has an unprecedented surge and the Social Democrats ...

The Conservative CDU/CSU alliance is leading in the German elections and the far right AfD is in second place. Correspondent Trent Murray spoke to Morning Report.

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is celebrating what it calls a "historic" victory in the national ...

With exit polls broadly in line with what was expected by markets, investors’ attention will now turn to how quickly Merz can ...

Millions voted for a new federal government after the country's three-party coalition fell apart at the end of last year.

Markus Söder, the leader of Bavaria's conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), remained opposed on Sunday to a national ...