Germany’s opposition center-right Christian Democratic Union has chosen its leader Friedrich Merz to be its candidate for ...

Just over a week before a crucial state election in Brandenburg, the east German state surrounding Berlin, polls are ...

Weeks after topping a state vote for the first time and nearly winning another, Germany's far-right is taking aim at Olaf ...

The Alternative for Germany party was on course to win in Thuringia ... Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose Social Democrats have been a target, denounced the attacks as a threat to democracy.

It's as good as official: liberal businessman Friedrich Merz, head of the conservative Christian Democrats, is set to be the party's lead candidate in upcoming German federal election.

Germany's conservative parties chose opposition leader Friedrich Merz as their candidate for chancellor in next year's federal elections. He will likely run against Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz signaled his CDU/CSU alliance is unlikely to partner with the Greens if it wins ...

If the centrists want to stabilize German politics, they have to ensure the political spectrum is balanced,” Hoyer writes.

The AfD and BSW won almost half of the votes in the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia. This is fundamentally changing ...

Polls predict more success for the far-right AfD party in Brandenburg; weeks ago the party made massive gains in Thuringia and Saxony state elections.

The two leaders of Germany's conservatives have agreed to nominate Christian Democrat (CDU) chief Friedrich Merz to run as ...

Germany's opposition conservatives have achieved their highest nationwide poll rating in three and a half years, according to ...