German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

As Sunday’s snap federal election nears, political parties are intensifying their efforts in the final stretch to drum up ...

Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the ...

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.

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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic ...

Viewers surveyed on Sunday thought that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) narrowly won the TV debate against his rival ...

When Germans vote on Sunday, conservative Friedrich Merz is the strong favourite to become the next chancellor after a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz faced off in a final debate on German television on Wednesday ahead of elections next Sunday. During the debate the candidates ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, and Friedrich Merz, CDU ...