Opposition leader Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats hold commanding lead against Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in latest opinion polls, though coalition options remain unclear amid far-right AfD's ...

Germans were voting in a national election on Sunday that is expected to see Friedrich Merz's conservatives regain power and ...

Frontrunner Friedrich Merz has vowed a tough rightward shift if elected to win back voters from the far-right ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

The polls are open across Germany in an election that could shape Europe’s response to the new Trump administration, the ...

Millions of Germans vote in federal election as the conservative party leads the race amid the far-right surge.

The vote also comes at a time of fragile relations between Europe and the US over Ukraine's future in its war with Russia.

Arduous coalition negotiations tend to drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, spelling long stretches of political paralysis before a new chancellor takes charge.

Hundreds of protesters turned out in Oakland on Friday night demanding that Democratic lawmakers do more to oppose President ...

German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe ...

What Germans decide in national elections that are likely to produce a new chancellor will be of critical importance as Europe re-evaluates relations with the Trump administration.

German voters are choosing the next leaders of Europe’s biggest economy on Sunday with polls suggesting a likely victory for the opposition conservatives under Friedrich Merz and a bitter loss for ...