The far-right AfD likely will score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards. The ...
Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...
The contenders in Germany's election made their final appeals to voters Saturday, with opposition leader and front-runner ...
The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.
Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...
In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...
This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...
When Donald Trump won the US election in November, Germany’s government imploded. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance ...
In an interview with Euractiv, long-time Brussels insider Klaus Welle says German Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz will push for strong EU-US relations but with “fairness”.
Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz assured supporters that his leadership would reinforce Germany’s role in Europe and relegate the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to the political ...
Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive ...