Support for the AfD from the Trump administration did little to boost the party in the final push of campaigning. Friedrich ...

Following the election, the party with the most votes will nominate a candidate for chancellor. The candidate must secure an absolute majority in the Bundestag to be sworn in as the country's new ...

Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s ...

The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.

More than 59 million German citizens are eligible to vote, including 2.3 million first-time voters and over 7 million with ...

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

A conservative backlash is brewing in Germany, but the likely winners are working to make the transition pragmatic and ...

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

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz stepped up his attacks on rival Robert Habeck from the Greens as the campaign ahead of Germany’s federal elections enters the final stretch.

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

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