Exit poll predicts CDU win as far-right AfD surges - Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap election in its history ...

BERLIN — Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has cast his vote in the German election. Merz is the leader of ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has been the longtime frontrunner in this contest. Regularly polling at over 30 per cent, the Union party comprising the CDU and its Bavarian ...

Polls are now open across Germany in an election that could shape Europe’s response to the new Trump administration, the Russia-Ukraine war and security across the continent. The election comes seven ...

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 ...

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed ...

German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.

The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he ...

Regardless of the outcome, Sunday's German election marks a rejection of the centrist political establishment and a shift to ...