Four candidates are bidding to be Germany 's next leader in Sunday's election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

Germany hasn't seen significant economic growth in five years. It's a stunning turnaround for Europe's biggest economy, which ...

Horst Köhler spent most of his early life as a refugee and became a highly popular president. He was also lauded for his post ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

German voters will elect a new government on 23 February after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed. Main issues ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its ...

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

Germany is preparing for elections after its previous three-party coalition collapsed. The main political parties are aligned ...

BERLIN - Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will ...