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German voters decide on 23 February who will run their next government, with Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Germany's conservative parties and far-right AfD lead in the polls, with the CDU’s Friedrich Merz likely to become chancellor ...

As for the roots of Germans’ despair, there’s a long list. Start with an economy that has flatlined for five years amid ...

Friedrich Merz portrayed Olaf Scholz as a ditherer who led Germany into economic crisis, while the Social Democrat presented ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative rival Friedrich Merz faced off in a heated TV debate on Sunday, exactly ...

Even former CDU chancellor Angela Merkel broke her self ... mantra drew popular support – and attracted global praise. But Germany is in a very different place a decade later.

Green Party candidate for chancellor Robert Habeck is one of Germany's best-known politicians. He also faces fierce attacks from his opponents from the center- and far right. Habeck has three ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner for Germany’s next chancellor, has raised concerns over Elon Musk’s relentless ...