Musk wrote on social media that only AfD, the country’s most prominent extreme-right party, “can save Germany.” ...

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

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

It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe ...

Elon Musk, the billionaire whose support for Donald Trump has given him the president-elect's ear, is throwing his support ...

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

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who ...

Political instability in Germany and France, combined with the return of Donald Trump in 2025, threatens to undermine the ...

Opposition CDU and governing SPD offer starkly competing visions as they prepare to unveil election manifestos ...

Ten weeks away from elections and with a double-digit lead over his closest rival's party, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

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

Merz was born on November 11, 1955 and has been married for more than 40 years to Charlotte Merz, a judge. They have three adult children. Merz, who at 198 cm (6ft 6 in) stands out in a crowd, is ...