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

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, is confident that he will win the upcoming election — despite his ...

BERLIN — With Germany’s election less than a month away, center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz has thrown cold water on the prospect of reviving the country’s traditional grand coalition — bluntly ...

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

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's main challenger in Germany's upcoming election plans to put proposals for a tougher migration policy ...

Germany’s opposition leader says his party will bring motions to toughen migration policy to parliament next week in one of ...

Chancellor Scholz says rival Merz joining forces with far-right party in parliament to introduce stricter migration ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz, the CDU’s candidate for chancellor in Germany’s upcoming snap elections in February, is looking to shore up ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz has put demands for a more restrictive ... to a growing divide between Merz's bloc, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democrats and their remaining ...

Opening the door to leaning on support from the far-right is a gamble for Merz, who believes that his increasingly radical ...