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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz are neck and neck in head-on personal ratings ahead of ...

Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in his leadership and Germany now faces its first election of the truly post-Angela ...

Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.

Only the AfD can save Germany,” Musk wrote in an X post on Friday. The post follows a series of endorsements for other ...

Ten weeks away from elections and with a double-digit lead over his closest rival's party, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

The conservative leader’s attacks signal the next government may be just as discordant as the one that recently fell.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who ...

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

Opposition CDU and governing SPD offer starkly competing visions as they prepare to unveil election manifestos ...