German nationals are heading to the ballots on February 23, with the country's current Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, down in ...

Only 15% of women identify Merz as the political leader best suited to become chancellor, compared to 21% of men. The only other candidate demonstrating a similar divide is Alice Weidel, leader of the ...

Christian Democratic Union likely to finish first and ask centre-left Social Democratic Party to form centrist alliance, ...

In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...

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 ...

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

Germany’s far right AfD party looks set to make large gains when the country heads to the polls on Sunday. The centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) look set to once again become the largest ...

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...

German voters go to the polls Sunday for a rare snap election in which the stakes couldn’t be higher. Germany is the biggest ...

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

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