Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has cast his vote in the German election. Merz is the leader of the center-right Union bloc, which has by far the best chance of forming a new ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

Although Germany has rarely handed an absolute majority to any candidate, Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz's ...

The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has been running in second place with around 20 per cent of the vote – ...

Polling stations opened at 8:00 am (0700 GMT) with more than 59 million Germans eligible to vote and first estimates based on exit polls expected after polls close at 6:00 pm (1700 GMT).

German voters are choosing a new government in an election Sunday dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of ...

Polling is under way in Germany in one of the most divisive elections in recent memory, coming amid ongoing gloom about the ...

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed ...