This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...

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

Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will almost ...

Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, faces the challenge of revitalizing the economy and addressing immigration ...

Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

Viewers surveyed on Sunday thought that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) narrowly won the TV debate against his rival ...

The German election is set to reshape policy and markets. CDU and AfD push competing economic and immigration plans, while investors bet on a CDU-led government.

The anti-immigrant and far-right Alternative for Germany party has established itself as a significant political force in the ...

Election campaign posters showing German Social Democratic Party, SPD, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, top, and his challenger ...