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

Germans vote in a national election on Sunday which is expected to see Friedrich Merz's conservatives regain power and the ...

Friedrich Merz faces urgent economic and geopolitical crises. But to form a coalition he needs to turn foes into friends – ...

The contenders in Germany’s election made their final appeals to voters Saturday, with opposition leader and front-runner ...

German politicians made a last push for votes on Saturday ahead of pivotal elections, with conservatives still leading the ...

Sunday’s vote comes at a time of upheaval for Europe and its biggest economy as US President Donald Trump has ended a united ...

Triggered after the breakdown of the coalition led by Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the campaign for the February ...

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

Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s ...

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

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