Friedrich Merz's conservatives (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s national election in Germany, but in second place, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) earned its best result yet in Europe's ailing ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s election as voters rebuked the nation’s left-leaning government for its handling of the economy and immigration. Voters gave ...

"This has made the entire German political landscape more fragmented," Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro at ING, told CNBC in Berlin. BERLIN — Centrist parties struggled in Germany's ...