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

The contenders in Germany’s election made their final appeals to voters Saturday, with opposition leader and front-runner ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

Triggered after the breakdown of the coalition led by Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the campaign for the February ...

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

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

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

Sunday's vote is being held more than half a year ahead of schedule after centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way ...

Sunday’s vote comes at a time of upheaval for Europe and its biggest economy as US President Donald Trump has ended a united ...

With international politics in flux, three leading historians give their views on the most consequential election in a ...

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

Three trends, each a source of grave concern for Germans, form the backdrop to Sunday’s Bundestag elections: an uncertain, ...