For long-time Berlin watchers, the most likely electoral outcome is a return to the Merkel era with another CDU-SPD grand ...

A new poll of German voters six weeks ahead of nationwide parliamentary elections found that the Green Party's top candidate, ...

Friedrich Merz, the German conservative who is the front-runner to become the next chancellor, downplayed a remark by US ...

Friedrich Merz, the CDU candidate for chancellor, argues that Germany will not become a party to the conflict by supplying ...

With opposition leader Friedrich Merz likely to be Germany's next chancellor, experts weigh in on whether his tough China ...

The fragile three-way coalition in the Bundestag has shattered. Olaf Scholz, the chancellor, has lost a vote of confidence ...

European leaders have raised concerns about Elon Musk interfering with Germany’s elections as he plans to host a chat with ...

Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.

Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who promises a return to his CDU party's conservative roots as an alternative ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz emphasizes the need to reach current NATO defense spending targets but avoids committing to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposed increase. The topic has ...

If the polls hold, Mr. Scholz’s successor as chancellor could be Friedrich Merz, the now 69-year-old leader of the rival conservative-centrist Christian Democratic Union. He is offering to get ...