Friedrich Merz, a conservative rival of Angela Merkel, is on track to become the next chancellor, though the far-right AfD is ...
Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...
His explosive bid to tighten migration rules with the support of far-right votes in parliament reveals a man willing to ...
Merkel ran in the first elections of a united Germany in December 1990 and won narrowly in a constituency she would represent ...
Friedrich Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has vowed to rule Europe's top economy by returning to ...
German voters head to the polls in a winter election on Sunday but may not have a new government for some time.
According to YouGov’s final MRP poll before the election, the far-right AfD’s 145 seats will surpass the 115 projected for ...
When Donald Trump won the US election in November, Germany’s government imploded. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance ...
Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s ...
The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.
There is a consensus at national and EU level that if the continent is to meet growing defence spending needs, due to the ...
Home to around 80,000 people, the region has seen a surge in earthquakes, including a 4.4-magnitude quake in 2023, the ...