German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe ...

His explosive bid to tighten migration rules with the support of far-right votes in parliament reveals a man willing to ...

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany’s chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer ...

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

Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats are poised to win, as the Social Democratic Party faces its worst result since 1887 ...

As Sunday’s snap federal election nears, political parties are intensifying their efforts in the final stretch to drum up ...

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

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the ...

German voters head to the polls in a winter election on Sunday but may not have a new government for some time.

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is expected to be Germany's next chancellor.