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 ...

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

The deeper rot in German governance will require more fundamental reforms than any coalition is likely to deliver.

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

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

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

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

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

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

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.