Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as opposition chief Friedrich Merz, ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Here is a summary of the most likely coalitions and the compromises that will be necessary to reach agreement: A so-called ...

BERLIN - Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as opposition chief ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month ...

The government announced a sweeping crackdown on traffic into the country in September to deal with the 'continuing burden' ...

Germany has a complicated system: voters get two votes, one for the candidate in their own constituency, and another for a party's electoral list. There's also a minimum 5% threshold for a party to ...

Former German leader reiterates swipe at chancellor candidate from her own Christian Democratic Union ahead of Feb. 23 ...

For his part, Merz, who is the CDU chancellor candidate in Germany's February election, rejected Merkel's criticism. He blamed the rise of the AfD on Merkel's open-door migration policies during ...

Election posters at a street in Duesseldorf, Germany, show the top candidates ... Enter – or rather, re-enter – former chancellor, Angela Merkel. Over the years since she retired from politics ...

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