incumbent Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Robert Hack of the Greens party and far-right Alice Weidel of the Alternative for ...

Germany's rival political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute before a pivotal election.

German voters go to the polls this weekend in an election dominated by concerns about immigration. The country is expected to ...

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

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

After the highly unusual U.S. interventions, the AfD remains in second place heading into Germany’s federal election on ...

German voters decide who will run their next government this weekend. Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democrats, is favorite to become chancellor and have his party pick up the ...

Germany heads to the polls on Sunday, with the country's stagnant economy and heated rows over immigration policy dominating ...

And yet it is anything but guaranteed how party chairman Friedrich Merz can govern a country in which the far-right Alternative for Germany comes second, polarization hits record levels, and ...

As tens of millions of Germans head to the polls this Sunday (February 23), one topic has been conspicuously absent from the ...

While polling suggests Germany's far-right AfD party will fare well, it's very unlikely to be part of the next government of ...