BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just ...

A network of more than 700 fake social media accounts has sprung up in the last week of Germany's election campaign, ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

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

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that ...

When Donald Trump won the US election in November, Germany’s government imploded. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance ...

Sunday's vote is being held more than half a year ahead of schedule after centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way ...

For Germans heading to the polls for a snap election, climate is not quite as important a factor as it used to be.

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive ...

Sunday’s vote comes at a time of upheaval for Europe and its biggest economy as US President Donald Trump has ended a united Western stance on the Ukraine conflict by reaching out to Russia.

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...