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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insists he would' never' cooperate with the far right in the way he says his rival Friedrich ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

Candidates for the post of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz have repeatedly manipulated figures, as well as cited false facts during the recent television duel, the ZDF TV channel notes.

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

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the ...

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

Germany’s conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties ...

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

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...