IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the ...

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday clashed with opposition leader Friedrich Merz in a heated debate, accusing him of ...

The man likely to lead Germany's next government has said there would be no cooperation with the far-right AfD. Friedrich ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, ...

Support for Germany's conservative CDU/CSU alliance has dropped to 28% ahead of elections on February 23, a poll showed on ...

Hundreds of thousands of Germans protested at the beginning of February against the initiative by the CDU, supported by the ...

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Germany to protest against the CDU's migration policy and its voting ...

Carbon Brief tracks commitments made by the main parties in Germany's 2025 election, across a range of issues related to climate and energy.

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...