Germany’s conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz and his conservatives slump in poll after far-right backing for migration vote.

Germany's Social Democrats are doubling down on criticism of conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, after a controversial bill on tighter migration policy tabled by his bloc was narrowly ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said it was important not to divide the world with new trade barriers, as everyone ...

Germany's conservatives doubled down Friday on allowing the far-right AfD to back their pre-election push to restrict ...

In the run up to Germany’s snap general elections Jeremy Cliffe goes to Ludwigshafen, a symbol of Germany's economic woes.

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) listens to Friedrich Merz (R), Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and parliamentary group leader of the CDU/Christian Social Union in ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner ... a snap election he thought he had in the bag. Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats sat back quietly, taking it in.

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz defiantly vowed Friday to pass ... As MPs traded bitter recriminations in parliament, centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that Merz ...

Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...

Berlin (AFP) – Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz defiantly vowed Friday to pass a bill to restrict immigration with the support of the far-right AfD, repeating a tactic ...