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.

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

Germany’s far-right AfD party looks set to make large gains when the country heads to the polls on Sunday. The centre-right ...

Regardless of the outcome, Sunday's German election marks a rejection of the centrist political establishment and a shift to ...

Three trends, each a source of grave concern for Germans, form the backdrop to Sunday’s Bundestag elections: an uncertain, ...

There is a consensus at national and EU level that if the continent is to meet growing defence spending needs, due to the ...

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

Germany's rival political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute before a pivotal election.

Friedrich Merz, a conservative rival of Angela Merkel, is on track to become the next chancellor, though the far-right AfD is ...

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

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

The issue of migration has attracted so much attention that it has distracted from the fundamental geopolitical and economic ...