The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed ...

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

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

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

His explosive bid to tighten migration rules with the support of far-right votes in parliament reveals a man willing to ...

Friedrich Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has vowed to rule Europe's top economy by returning to his Christian Democrats' conservative roots, help business and crack down ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

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

Friedrich Merz faces urgent economic and geopolitical crises. But to form a coalition he needs to turn foes into friends – ...

Germany holds elections on Sunday after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is expected to be Germany's next chancellor.