If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be Friedrich Merz, 69, leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is ...

Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) signed a coalition agreement ...

Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) - widely expected to lead the country's next government after elections due in February - ...

Europe’s largest economy and normally a pillar of stability is facing snap elections next year after Chancellor Olaf Scholz ...

Germany's establishment parties are fighting over the past. That may only fuel more instability in the future. The post ...

Germany's conservative opposition, leading in the polls ahead of February 23 elections, on Tuesday outlined plans to shift the EU powerhouse firmly to the right on immigration, social and economic ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor shares his party’s pro-EU and Atlanticist instincts, but also the country’s wider reluctance ...

Germany's far-right AfD has written in its draft election manifesto that it wants to leave the EU and the euro — are they ...

Germany's main political parties presented their competing plans on Tuesday for lifting Europe's largest economy out of the ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in the German parliament, putting the European Union’s most populous member ...

Germany's centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote on Monday after weeks of turmoil, setting Europe's ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had hoped for this outcome when he called for the confidence vote, analysts say. His aim: to ...