CNN’s Fred Pleitgen speaks with Daniel Caspary, a member of the European Parliament and CDU/CSU group chair, on exit polls ...

As Germany heads to the polls on February 23, Europe finds itself at a crossroads. With Berlin and Paris preoccupied with ...

Co-leaders of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla react to the first exit polls of the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025.

That paves the way for their candidate, Friedrich Merz (pictured), to take over from Olaf Scholz as chancellor after ...

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

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lacklustre victory in a national election Sunday ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz bemoans his Social Democrats' 'bitter' result, congratulates Friedrich Merz, whose coalition prospects ...

The conservatives’ expected victory comes despite a historically strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives are leading in the election. The Alternative for Germany is heading ...

The fascist AfD has surged to second place in the German federal election after mainstream parties ramp up racism against ...