German voters head to the polls with conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz promising a rightward shift. The far-right AfD, ...

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

More than 59 million Germans will vote for the next German leader at around 12:30 pm in a high-stakes election that comes ...

Friedrich Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has vowed to rule Europe’s top economy by returning to ...

Ruling and opposition parties in Germany made the final appeal for support on the last day of campaigning, before voters cast ...

The country’s next chancellor will have to fix the economy, tackle an immigration crisis and help unite a continent facing ...

The spread of false information is one the biggest global risks, according to the World Economic Forum, and experts warn the ...

These are the key political figures in Germany's elections on Sunday - and likely the biggest players in the coalition ...