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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

European allies knew their relationship with the second Trump administration would be challenging. Even so, the shocks ...

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

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

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