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.

Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in his leadership and Germany now faces its first election of the truly post-Angela ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, leads the ranking of candidates for the post ...

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

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