If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor shares his party’s pro-EU and Atlanticist instincts, but also the country’s wider reluctance ...

Germany's establishment parties are fighting over the past. That may only fuel more instability in the future. The post ...

Germany’s largest opposition party is heavily favoured to form a government after snap elections slated for February 2025.

Leading contenders in Germany’s upcoming election have presented their programs, setting out contrasting visions of how to ...

The early election does not serve to let voters decide on the big issues of the future, but to bring a government into power ...

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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had hoped for this outcome when he called for the confidence vote, analysts say. His aim: to ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who ...

Germany's embattled centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz traded angry blows with his top rival ahead of a parliament vote ...

The party intends to officially present its election program on Dec. 17. The newspaper revealed some initial details of the ...

The coalition agreements and the new administrations in Brandenburg and Thuringia send a clear message: "Business as usual!“ ...