Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and in first place in opinion polls ahead of Sunday's ...

The German economy, the richest in the EU, has been the envy of Europe for decades but things are now taking a turn for the ...

Germans were voting in a national election on Sunday that is expected to restore power to Friedrich Merz's conservatives, ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...

The contenders in Germany's election made their final appeals to voters Saturday, with opposition leader and front-runner ...

In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...

Polls are now open across Germany in an election that could shape Europe’s response to the new Trump administration, the Russia-Ukraine war and security across the continent. The election comes seven ...

Germans cast their ballots in a widely observed, nationwide election. After a day of demonstrations, Berliners turned out to ...

With international politics in flux, three leading historians give their views on the most consequential election in a ...