Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.

Opposition CDU and governing SPD offer starkly competing visions as they prepare to unveil election manifestos ...

The conservative leader’s attacks signal the next government may be just as discordant as the one that recently fell.

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, leads the ranking of candidates for the post ...

Musk wrote on social media that only AfD, the country’s most prominent extreme-right party, “can save Germany.” ...

Ten weeks away from elections and with a double-digit lead over his closest rival's party, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz are neck and neck in head-on personal ratings ahead of ...

Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in his leadership and Germany now faces its first election of the truly post-Angela ...

Migration was already set to dominate Germany’s election campaign, which starts in earnest in the New Year. But Friday ...

His post sparked accusations that he was seeking to interfere in the upcoming German election. Read more at straitstimes.com.

If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is ...

Ten weeks away from elections and with a double-digit lead over his closest rival's party, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...