Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An election official opens a postal ballot to begin counting votes for the German Federal Election at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friedrich Merz is on track to become Germany’s next chancellor after his center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party took ...

In Germany’s national election on Sunday, center-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory after exit polls showed his bloc in the lead. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading for ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's opposition conservatives won a national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next chancellor while the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Germany's center-right alliance appears set to win the country's latest federal election, which comes at a critical moment for Europe's largest economy. The latest exit polls show the Christian ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years. The latest result cements a shift to the right in Europe.

After Germany's election "we know who the coalition is going to be based around from here, so I think the market is taking that as a huge positive," Michael Field, chief equity strategist at ...

Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, try to form a government collation. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz addresses supporters after first exit polls Getty Images Friedrich Merz is on track to become Germany’s next chancellor after his center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...