Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the country's second-largest party ...

The Alternative for Germany party, which achieved the best result in its history in the elections (20.8%), could have taken ...

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

The centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its leader Friedrich Merz were the big winners of German federal ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.