BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

When Donald Trump won the US election in November, Germany’s government imploded. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance ...

In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...

Triggered after the breakdown of the coalition led by Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the campaign for the February ...

For Germans heading to the polls for a snap election, climate is not quite as important a factor as it used to be.

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive ...

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...

Regardless of the outcome, Sunday's German election marks a rejection of the centrist political establishment and a shift to ...

The most likely outcome of Sunday’s German election would see Berlin play a more assertive role on the European stage – if at the risk of stepping on some toes.

And yet it is anything but guaranteed how party chairman Friedrich Merz can govern a country in which the far-right Alternative for Germany comes second, polarization hits record levels, and ...

Germany heads to the polls on Sunday, with the country's stagnant economy and heated rows over immigration policy dominating ...