With international politics in flux, three leading historians give their views on the most consequential election in a ...

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

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

The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.

More than 59 million German citizens are eligible to vote, including 2.3 million first-time voters and over 7 million with ...

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

Voters in the world’s third-largest economy head to the polls on Sunday as Germany grapples with stagnation, creaking ...

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

A conservative backlash is brewing in Germany, but the likely winners are working to make the transition pragmatic and ...

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

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz stepped up his attacks on rival Robert Habeck from the Greens as the campaign ahead of Germany’s federal elections enters the final stretch.