Germans are going to the polls on Sunday for national elections. Opinion polls suggest the outcome will be a new chancellor ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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.