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

If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is ...

Opposition CDU and governing SPD offer starkly competing visions as they prepare to unveil election manifestos ...

Musk wrote on social media that only AfD, the country’s most prominent extreme-right party, “can save Germany.” ...

German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday said the Greens are shifting to the left and becoming an ...

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

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

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

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

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