Germany goes to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament. The elections follow last year's collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government, and come at a time of instability, as the ...

Germany holds its snap national election on Sunday following the collapse of Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition, and the ...

Germany is voting on February 23 in a snap election to elect a new government. From the main parties to who could be the next chancellor, we answer all your questions ...

Merz, the current frontrunner, will likely face the challenge of assembling a three-way coalition, either with the SPD and ...

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...

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Two days before the vote, Scholz said the question of whether Berlin would be prepared to send German soldiers to support any ...

Favourite for Chancellorship Friedrich Merz is a wind sceptic – albeit a moderate one – while pro-renewables Greens are less likely to join government this time ...

Friedrich Merz has criticized Olaf Scholz on the economy, but experts question if a government led by the Christian ...

Yet behind closed doors, Marco Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state, has sought to reassure nervous European allies that talks with Russian negotiators this week did not represent an abrupt departure ...

The country’s new government will need to quickly demonstrate its resilience and that it can take on the task of showing that Europe counts.

The deeper rot in German governance will require more fundamental reforms than any coalition is likely to deliver.