As Germany heads to the polls, a look at the politician cultivating the anti-immigrant party’s ‘image of competence’.

Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Sunday as the winning party will almost certainly have to form a ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

According to YouGov’s final MRP poll before the election, the far-right AfD’s 145 seats will surpass the 115 projected for ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative rival of Angela Merkel, is on track to become the next chancellor, though the far-right AfD is ...

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive ...

When Donald Trump won the US election in November, Germany’s government imploded. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance ...

But as Germans head to the polls on Sunday, its neighbours will be watching the results particularly closely this time, ...

Final poll predicts large gains for AfD days before voters cast ballots - Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap ...

Germans are going to the polls on Sunday in national elections. Opinion polls suggest the outcome will likely be a new chancellor and a new governing coalition.

Germany's opposition leader Friedrich Merz is the front-runner in the country's election campaign, with his center-right ...

The consequences of unfettered migration in Germany are evident to the world and similar patterns are being seen in the ...