Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz are pictured in tv studio ahead of a debate in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.

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

Charlotte Merz, the wife of the front-runner to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Friday she hardly sees her husband ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Only 15% of women identify Merz as the political leader best suited to become chancellor, compared to 21% of men. The only other candidate demonstrating a similar divide is Alice Weidel, leader of the ...

Germany holds its snap national election on Sunday following the collapse of Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition, and the ...

Alice Weidel of the nationalist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany lives in Switzerland and is married to a Sri ...

As Dr Weidel took the stage in Halle, the crowd started a chant that was a not-too-subtle play on a Nazi slogan, “Everything ...

Days before Germany’s election, signs of stagnation in the AfD campaign offer reasons to be cheerful amid right-wing bluster, ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz may have been dubbed the "Scholzomat" for his stiff personal style, but he has sought to ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Express visited a migrant detention facility on the border with Poland which is due to be expanded for ...

Germany heads to the polls this week facing a challenge for power from the far-right. In the run-up to the historic vote, ...