The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

Conservatives win German election as far-right party surges to second place ... The AfD was jubilant on Sunday night, with leaders vowing to become the country's main party in the next election.

Conservatives Clinch the German Election. Charlotte Lawson, Grayson Logue, James P. Sutton, ... (CDU) leader and chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz on election night, February 23, 2025.

German election 2025 live results: By the numbers. Germany’s conservative CDU has won the most votes with party leader Friedrich Merz signalling he hopes to form a government quickly.

Germany woke Monday after an election in which the center-right conservatives won the most votes but far-right nationalists surged to huge gains causing dismay.

German Chancellor Scholz's liberal party narrowly beat the country's largest far-right party in a regional election seen as a litmus test for where politics are headed in Europe's biggest economy.

German authorities said a Syrian suspect was intending “to kill Jews” when he stabbed a tourist in Berlin on Friday, the latest in a string of attacks by refugees and asylum seekers ahead of a ...

Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest.

German Chancellor Scholz’s liberal party narrowly beat the country’s largest far-right party in a regional election seen as a litmus test for where politics are headed in Europe’s biggest ...

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest ...