The most likely coalition will be a CDU-led government backed by the SPD and potentially the Greens. There was not much love lost for Olaf Scholz when the Telegraph visited Potsdam, the city 40 ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has conceded defeat as the CDU/CSU secures victory in Germanys national election. The ...

The exit poll suggests the conservative CDU have topped Sunday's election ... looks set to be a disastrous result for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party. The party are already describing the result ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be succeeded by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz after his party, the ...

CDU's Friedrich Merz has claimed victory while SPD's Olaf Scholz has regretted the "bitter" election result. The German electoral authority confirmed the CDU's win in preliminary results ...

The conservative CDU/CSU alliance under Friedrich Merz is ahead in the polls, with the far-right Alternative for Germany second and Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats coming third.

Germany's national elections saw Olaf Scholz's SPD defeated, with Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance winning over 28% of the vote. The far-right AfD surged to second place with 20%, while coalition ...

To kick off tonight's debate, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and opposition leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) are asked simply to describe the general mood in Germany, as they see it. Scholz says he feels ...

Election posters showing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and CDU top candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz in ...

BERLIN ― Germany’s snap election, triggered by the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s left-leaning coalition, has resulted in a sharp rightward shift. With results now in, the next government is ...

of the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), and center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democrats (SPD), faced off Sunday evening in the first major debate two weeks ahead of Germany ...