The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany’s chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer ...

Final poll predicts large gains for AfD days before voters cast ballots - Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap ...

This may be the year the firewall collapses. The AfD is now polling at about 22 percent nationally and seems destined for a ...

It is a pivotal moment for Germany's far-right AfD ahead of national elections Sunday. The party is polling at 21% — likely ...

At the most newsworthy Munich Security Conference in recent memory last weekend, Germany’s likely next chancellor did all he ...

Here are five reasons for Germany's ongoing economic slump: Moscow's decision to cut off natural gas supplies to Germany in ...

In the U.S., most of what gets posted online, even if it's hate-filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech.

In the U.S., most of what we say online, even if it's hate filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But in ...

The outgoing chairman of the Munich Security Conference delivered an emotional speech that ended in tears after taking a swipe at Vice President JD Vance's blistering speech.

These are the key political figures in Germany's elections on Sunday - and likely the biggest players in the coalition ...