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

A crisis-ridden, politically unstable Germany is coping with a brash and unpredictable Trump presidency. Germans look set to alter course and push for more independence after snap elections on Feb. 23 ...

Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz and his conservatives slump in poll after far-right backing for migration vote.

In the run up to Germany’s snap general elections Jeremy Cliffe goes to Ludwigshafen, a symbol of Germany's economic woes.

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

BERLIN, Feb 2 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said it was ... the country home of prime ministers north-west of London. Friedrich Merz, the opposition leader and frontrunner ...

Germany's Scholz on Tariffs: Important Not to Divide ... the country home of prime ministers north-west of London. Friedrich Merz, the opposition leader and frontrunner to become the next ...

BERLIN - Germany will hold a snap national election on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three ... The conservatives' leader, Friedrich Merz, in particular, is considered ...

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor ... “Merz can no longer be trusted,” said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz; Robert Habeck, the chancellor candidate for the Greens, ...