Only 15% of women identify Merz as the political leader best suited to become chancellor, compared to 21% of men. The only other candidate demonstrating a similar divide is Alice Weidel, leader of the ...

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

As the two frontrunners in Germany’s general election prepare to go head to head in the first televised debate, the former chancellor’s intervention is a sign of the concern within the political ...

Christian Lindner triggered early elections last fall with a move meant to save his party. It brought chaos at an inopportune ...

Amid a tense political backdrop, marked by polls favoring the far right, Germany's early parliamentary elections will serve ...

As the country goes to the polls, writers explore, in fiction and non-fiction, its identity and values — and where these suggest it is heading ...

Horst Köhler spent most of his early life as a refugee and became a highly popular president. He was also lauded for his post ...

Germany will hold its election earlier than planned after the government—then consisting of the ‘traffic-light coalition’ of ...

These days the only people who arrive on time want something from you. Punctuality is for lapdogs, underdogs, sycophants, ...

We’ve never seen anything like this: a president who appears aligned with a Russian dictator in targeting the weak and the ...

The actual results of the current efforts of Trump and senior colleagues have been positive or, at worst, neutral.