The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed ...

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

Germany's opposition leader Friedrich Merz is the front-runner in the country's election campaign, with his center-right ...

Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the ...

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz assured supporters that his leadership would reinforce Germany’s role in Europe and relegate the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to the political ...

- Election posters showing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and CDU top candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz in ...

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive ...

Germany's climate policy objectives would not change radically under a centre-right government led by CDU frontrunner Friedrich Merz, although he is still noncommittal on the country's coal exit, ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on the minds of German voters. The far-right AfD is polling in second place.

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