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

Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

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

Germany's conservative parties and far-right AfD lead in the polls, with the CDU’s Friedrich Merz likely to become chancellor ...

German industry has been hit by soaring energy costs following EU sanctions against Russia. Major business groups such as ...

POLITICO has processed 35 years’ worth of election data to find out why this month’s vote is messier than ever ― and what will happen next.

The attack on sick pay on the pretext of “work-shyness” is cynical and dishonest. The same corporations and politicians ...

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament on Wednesday narrowly ... of the front-runner in the campaign for next month’s election. Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, whose party leads the polls ...

That implied he would accept AfD support. German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at an SPD election campaign event with a citizens' survey in the Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin, Tuesday ...

Migration was already a significant election issue, alongside Germany’s struggling economy. Merz apparently seeks to make the Union look decisive in forcing a tougher approach, which he hopes ...