Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old conservative leader, is in pole-position to become Germany's next chancellor, in a vote ...

German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe ...

What Germans decide in national elections that are likely to produce a new chancellor will be of critical importance as Europe re-evaluates relations with the Trump administration.

Germany's rocky path towards Sunday's early elections began when the outgoing coalition government collapsed in acrimony on ...

As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to ...

"We asked them to go out in these communities and keep us safe from evil, and evil found them." — Police Chief Neudigate on a shooting that left 2 officers dead.

Suppressing dissent from what elites regard as ‘acceptable’ policies is the route to undermining democracy.

Friedrich Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has vowed to rule Europe's top economy by returning to ...

German voters head to the polls on Sunday, with the conservatives the strong favourites after a campaign rocked by a ...

The suspect, a Syrian refugee, told the police that a plan had come into his mind to kill Jews. The attack raises tensions ...

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

Ahead of Sunday’s national parliamentary vote, a new band of influencers is bringing a more youthful edge to the party known ...