Latest polls show Christian Democrats dropping to 28% while far-right AfD rises to 21%, with a quarter of voters undecided ...

Friedrich Merz has criticized Olaf Scholz on the economy, but experts question if a government led by the Christian ...

What will happen on the day, who can vote and what happens next? We round up all the key points to get you prepared for the ...

The margin of error for individual polls is estimated from the poll’s sample size and the number of eligible German voters ...

Hospital manager Kathrin Leffler says she worries Germany's tense pre-election debate on immigration will make it harder to ...

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany’s chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to become Germany’s next chancellor, with his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and its ...

Heated rhetoric and divisive questions raise concerns about the fragility of democracy amid US-style politics.

Favourite for Chancellorship Friedrich Merz is a wind sceptic – albeit a moderate one – while pro-renewables Greens are less likely to join government this time ...

PETER SPARDING is Senior Vice President and Director of Policy at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and ...

German voters go to the polls this Sunday to elect a new parliament, with Merz's centre-right CDU/CSU leading the polls at ...

Germany will hold general parliamentary elections. One of the campaign issues is the continuing housing shortage as one of ...