German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a news conference at the Social Democratic Party (SPD) headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/)

The ruling Social Democrats called the election after losing a coalition partner last autumn and a confidence vote in parliament last December. But th

A deal with the SDP, party of current Chancellor Olaf Scholz who finished in a humbling third place, would allow Merz to keep the far-right AfD away from power. The AfD finished second with 20.8 percent of the vote,

Lars Klingbeil, the party leader of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), has announced an overhaul of his party following its defeat in Sunday's federal election. "This result will require upheavals within the SPD,

Elon Musk endorsed AfD, an anti-immigration party that just won the most support of any far-right party since World War II.

Both the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland and the far-left Die Linke saw significant gains and were the most popular parties among young people.

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.

Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.

Exit polls show the center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading, with the AfD party heading towards the strongest showing of the far-right since World War II.

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election.

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but Germany is facing political uncertainty with an emboldened far right. The