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

BERLIN - Germans go to the polls on Sunday in a snap election called after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

Regardless of the outcome, Sunday's German election marks a rejection of the centrist political establishment and a shift to ...

The conservative CDU/CSU alliance under Friedrich Merz is ahead in the polls, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

The rigid net zero stance of Olaf Scholz’s coalition has become electoral dynamite ...

At the heart of the election is the economy, which has been experiencing a downturn. The ruling coalition, comprising the ...

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

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

On Sunday, the country’s residents will vote in a pivotal election in which Ms Weidel's party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), ...

Seven EU member states - Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands and Slovakia already have ...