In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...

Top German politicians and chancellor candidates faced off one last time in a debate on local broadcaster ZDF ahead of Sunday’s federal elections. The war in Ukraine dominated an agenda packed with ...

Amid a tense political backdrop, marked by polls favoring the far right, Germany's early parliamentary elections will serve ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz said on Thursday the U.S. was at risk of sliding into longer-term authoritarian ...

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

Friedrich Merz, Germany's conservative leader, expressed concerns about potential authoritarian instability in the U.S., overshadowing Germany’s 70th NATO anniversary. As a candidate for Chancellor, ...

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

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

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

Friedrich Merz is set to be Germany’s next chancellor as CDU-CSU leads, with his policies and AfD ties reshaping politics.

Key issues for voters in this parliamentary election will be the state of the economy, migration and Ukraine’s war with ...

When Germans vote on Sunday, conservative Friedrich Merz is the strong favourite to become the next chancellor after a ...