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Triumphant CDU leader hits out at Washington and calls for stronger European security amid attempts to build government.

The success of the far-right AfD is a ‘final warning’ to democratic parties, the winner of Germany’s election warns

Friedrich Merz questioned the reliability of the United States as an ally, calling for better European integration

Editorial: The victorious CDU leader is likely to be more proactive on the European stage. He will also need to forge broad alliances at home to see off the far right

A detailed look at the results reveals a divided nation increasingly drifting to fringes as dissatisfaction with mainstream parties mounts

New data from Germany's national election highlights a significant political divide as the far-right gains ground in the east

Germans on either side of the voting spectrum in the capital tell Tom Watling they voted out of fear

The conservative alliance led by Feidrich Merz took the most seats in the German Bundestag, but Alice Weidel’s far-right AfD is close behind.

Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD after the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won the February 23 election, topping the poll with 28.5%. Although the SPD has gone from winning the last election to a record low result of…

In all similar democracies, left and right are having versions of the same argument: does ‘electable’ mean centrist or radical? writes Zoe Williams

Far-right party co-leader says billionaire called her personally after it came second in Sunday’s poll