The first televised debate ahead of the federal elections in Germany took place between incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD ...

Standing ovations with slow, rhythmic applause are the order of the day at each campaign appearance of CDU leader Friedrich ... of all this is how Merz, a self-anointed economic expert, has ...

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative rival Friedrich Merz faced off in a heated TV debate on Sunday, exactly two weeks before the country heads to the polls. Scholz attacked Merz - whose ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent criticism of the migration policy of the current leader of the conservative opposition, Friedrich ... when it comes to economic tasks. With elections ...

Its probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the ...

German election campaigns usually have a sense of quiet inevitability about them. Accurate polls long in advance give a good idea of who will be chancellor, and with which coalition partners. So it ...

The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, told supporters in Nuremberg that their victory would keep the far-right AfD at bay. But protesters across Germany are angry at ...

But CDU leader Friedrich Merz decided to forge ahead anyway, accepting the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in order to get a majority for the motion with his five-point-plan ...

FLENSBURG, Germany — Friedrich Merz is Germany’s likely next chancellor, but how he will form a coalition government is looking increasingly uncertain. At a campaign event on Friday in the northern ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, the conservative front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, is signaling a tougher stance on transatlantic relations. At the top of Merz’s agenda: concerns over Elon ...