German voters head to the polls today, with the conservatives the strong favourites after a campaign rocked by a far-right ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old conservative leader, is in pole-position to become Germany's next chancellor, in a vote ...

The far-right AfD likely will score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards. The ...

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

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

German politicians made a final scramble for votes Saturday on the eve of crucial elections in which conservatives are ...

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

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

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

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

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