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

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

Arduous coalition negotiations tend to drag on for weeks if not months in the country. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Germans head to poll amid economic struggles and security fears, with Friedrich Merz expected to win but facing coalition ...

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

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