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.

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

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

While polling suggests Germany's far-right AfD party will fare well, it's very unlikely to be part of the next government of ...

Germans are going to the polls on Sunday for national elections. Opinion polls suggest the outcome will be a new chancellor ...

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

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

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

Germany's opposition leader Friedrich Merz is the front-runner in the country's election campaign, with his center-right ...

- Election posters showing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and CDU top candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz in ...