Friedrich Merz, a conservative rival of Angela Merkel, is on track to become the next chancellor, though the far-right AfD is ...

Merkel ran in the first elections of a united Germany in December 1990 and won narrowly in a constituency she would represent ...

When Donald Trump won the US election in November, Germany’s government imploded. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the ...

Germany's opposition leader Friedrich Merz is the front-runner in the country's election campaign, with his center-right ...

German voters head to the polls in a winter election on Sunday, but may not have a new government for several months.

According to YouGov’s final MRP poll before the election, the far-right AfD’s 145 seats will surpass the 115 projected for ...

For Germans heading to the polls for a snap election, climate is not quite as important a factor as it used to be.

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.

Germany holds its snap national election on Sunday following the collapse of Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition, and the ...

Its economy hadn’t just withstood the ascendance of China; it was thriving in its wake. Its balanced public finances stood ...