Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s ...

The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.

Germany’s far-right AfD party looks set to make large gains when the country heads to the polls on Sunday. The centre-right ...

There is a consensus at national and EU level that if the continent is to meet growing defence spending needs, due to the ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

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

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

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

BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just ...

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

Sunday's vote is a pivotal moment for the Alternative for Germany party. It's polling high enough for second place as part of a far-right surge sweeping Europe.