A crisis-ridden, politically unstable Germany is coping with a brash and unpredictable Trump presidency. Germans look set to alter course and push for more independence after snap elections on Feb. 23 ...

Germany’s conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz and his conservatives slump in poll after far-right backing for migration vote.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said it was important not to divide the world with new trade barriers, as everyone ...

In the run up to Germany’s snap general elections Jeremy Cliffe goes to Ludwigshafen, a symbol of Germany's economic woes.

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz defiantly vowed Friday to pass ... As MPs traded bitter recriminations in parliament, centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that Merz ...

Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...

The move that broke the taboo in a country scarred by its Nazi past was election frontrunner Friedrich ... By doing so, Merz outraged Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) and the ...