Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading the votes with the far-right Alternative for Germany party heading towards the strongest ...

That means Germany is likely headed for a coalition government — and the process of building one could take months. The party with the most votes on Sunday will have to find partners.

Polls show the CDU enjoying a comfortable lead, with 28% support. Merz voted Sunday in Arnsberg in western Germany, just minutes after his main rival, Scholz. But it's the rise of the far-right ...

The leader of the center-right CDU party will become the next German chancellor. LONDON -- Before the final votes in Germany's election were even counted, Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center ...

In a historic shift in Germany’s political landscape, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the second largest party in the Bundestag, winning 20.8 percent of the vote ...

Without naming it, Vance was defending a far-right political party called Alternative for Germany (AfD), best-known for its commitment to deporting as many immigrants as the country’s airports ...