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

Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the ...

Germany will go to the polls on Sunday, February 23 after a snap election was called in December following the collapse of ...

In April 1928, Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s chief propagandist, wrote a newspaper essay addressing the question ...

And yet it is anything but guaranteed how party chairman Friedrich Merz can govern a country in which the far-right Alternative for Germany comes second, polarization hits record levels, and ...

Sunday's vote is a pivotal moment for the Alternative for Germany party. It's polling high enough for second place as part of a far-right surge sweeping Europe.

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

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive Europe’s largest economy - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Triggered after the breakdown of the coalition led by Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the campaign for the February ...

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Frontrunner for chancellor expresses doubts over US Nato commitments, with the far-right AfD set for its best result ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is set to make major gains in Sunday's crucial election, and while it's leader ...