If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is ...

The conservative leader’s attacks signal the next government may be just as discordant as the one that recently fell.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz are neck and neck in head-on personal ratings ahead of ...

Video: Act of the 70th birthday of former Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel Friedrich Merz will be the joint candidate for ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor shares his party’s pro-EU and Atlanticist instincts, but also the country’s wider reluctance ...

His post sparked accusations that he was seeking to interfere in the upcoming German election. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ahead of the Feb. 23 election, German parties have wildly different plans to repair the country’s sputtering economy.

Europe’s largest economy and normally a pillar of stability is facing snap elections next year after Chancellor Olaf Scholz ...

The Christian Democrat has long coveted Germany’s top job. With his party dominating polling heading into elections, Merz is likely to finally take the helm of a nation struggling with a sluggish ...

Migration was already set to dominate Germany’s election campaign, which starts in earnest in the New Year. But Friday ...

Leading contenders in Germany’s upcoming election have presented their programs, setting out contrasting visions of how to ...

Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.