BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just ...

The far-right AfD likely will score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards. The ...

Friedrich Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has vowed to rule Europe's top economy by returning to ...

German voters head to the polls on Sunday, with the conservatives the strong favourites after a campaign rocked by a ...

In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...

German voters are choosing the next leaders of Europe’s biggest economy on Sunday with polls suggesting a likely victory for the opposition conservatives under Friedrich Merz and a bitter loss for ...

A network of more than 700 fake social media accounts has sprung up in the last week of Germany's election campaign.

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...

The contenders in Germany’s election made their final appeals to voters Saturday, with opposition leader and front-runner ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz said on Thursday the U.S. was at risk of sliding into longer-term authoritarian ...

By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger, the chief diplomatic correspondent for Europe, reported from Berlin. Friedrich Merz, the man favored to be Germany’s next chancellor after elections on Sunday ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...