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

Friedrich Merz — the leader of the victorious Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union alliance — is a U.S.-loving ...

After German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to retire ... by public broadcasters ARD and ZDF showed that SPD candidate Olaf Scholz had received between 24.9 and 25.6 % of the votes.

"The Germans are obviously done with Olaf Scholz", who was "seen by many as the face of the ... distancing themselves from ...

As Germans head to the polls today, no fewer than 59.2 million eligible voters, including millions who have already cast ballots by post, will determine the country’s next chancellor. The election has ...

Meanwhile the governing centre-left SPD has slumped to third place in what looks set to be a disastrous result for Chancellor Olaf ... conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel, who led Germany ...

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

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.

Final poll predicts large gains for AfD days before voters cast ballots - Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap ...