BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will hold a snap national election on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ...

The frontrunner in the race to run Germany is Friedrich Merz, whose Christian Democrats (CDU) are up to 10 points ahead in ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support ...

The leader of Germany's conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to the Christian Democrats (CDU) ...

Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), has celebrated the Bundestag vote in favour of more ...

A Kurdish lawmaker for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Germany representing Schleswig-Holstein state said on Monday ...

BERLIN — Angst (a German word) is spreading across the Bundesrepublik. Amid talk that the country is the “ sick man of Europe ...

On Wednesday, conservatives from his Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CDU/CSU) passed a non-binding motion calling for an immigration crackdown, with backing by the AfD.

Mr Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) conservative bloc which is leading polls ahead of the Feb 23 vote, is keen to ...

He was chosen as candidate for chancellor ahead of Markus Söder, the leader of their sister party in Bavaria the Christian Social Union. Aged 69 and 198cm (6ft 6in) in height, Merz is a plain ...