German Chancellor Olaf Scholz from the left-leaning SPD and his main rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CSU/CDU bloc ...

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

As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...

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

Support for Germany's conservative CDU/CSU alliance has dropped to 28% ahead of elections on February 23, a poll showed on ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised to continue his "tough course" on migration policy, as he faced off with his conservative rival Friedrich Merz in a TV debate just two weeks before the ...

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

After German parliament passed a motion aimed at toughening immigration rules with the help of the far-right AfD, we asked ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, ...

The conservative Christian Democrats haven't sustained major damage despite having accepted support from the Alternative for Germany. But fewer people now trust chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz not ...

Germany elects a new parliament on February 23, with potential ramifications for the financial industry of Europe's largest ...

Up to 700,000 people demonstrated in towns throughout Germany on 1-2 Feb after the Bundestag (German Parliament) voted to ...