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

The far-right AfD likely will score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards. The ...

The contenders in Germany’s election made their final appeals to voters Saturday, with opposition leader and front-runner ...

Friedrich Merz faces urgent economic and geopolitical crises. But to form a coalition he needs to turn foes into friends – ...

German politicians made a last push for votes on Saturday ahead of pivotal elections, with conservatives still leading the ...

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

Sunday’s vote comes at a time of upheaval for Europe and its biggest economy as US President Donald Trump has ended a united ...

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

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old conservative leader, is in pole-position to become Germany's next chancellor, in a vote ...

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

With international politics in flux, three leading historians give their views on the most consequential election in a ...