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

When Donald Trump won the US election in November, Germany’s government imploded. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance ...

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

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

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive ...

According to YouGov’s final MRP poll before the election, the far-right AfD’s 145 seats will surpass the 115 projected for ...

EXCLUSIVE: 'Sparks could fly' between Donald Trump and Friedrich Merz, who is tipped to be Germany's next Chancellor, an expert says.

Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a ...

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

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

The most likely outcome of Sunday’s German election would see Berlin play a more assertive role on the European stage – if at the risk of stepping on some toes.