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.

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.

Germany has the world's third-largest economy, but is struggling to kickstart growth. It's one of the issues facing voters in ...

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

Friedrich Merz, a conservative rival of Angela Merkel, is on track to become the next chancellor, though the far-right AfD is ...

Will the widely expected — though not certain — rise of a nationalist party in Germany’s Sunday election deprive the European Union of its largest economy? Will the Alternative for Germany party’s ...

German chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz has called for talks with France and the United Kingdom about nuclear defense amid ...

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 ...

As tens of millions of Germans head to the polls this Sunday (February 23), one topic has been conspicuously absent from the ...