German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz are neck and neck in head-on personal ratings ahead of ...

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 conservative opposition, leading in the polls ahead of February 23 elections, on Tuesday outlined plans to shift the EU powerhouse firmly to the right on immigration, social and economic ...

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

Chancellor Olaf Scholz formally set Germany on course for an early election Wednesday by requesting a confidence vote in ...

BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany party on Saturday presented its candidate for chancellor in the country’s upcoming election. In practice, Alice Weidel has no chance of ...

Weidel called irregular migration to Germany “the source of all evil" on Saturday ... Scholz for the center-left Social Democrats, Friedrich Merz for the Christian Democrats, and Robert Habeck ...

Weidel called irregular migration to German “the source of all evil" on Saturday. Chancellor Olaf ... are current Chancellor ...