German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support ...

As for the roots of Germans’ despair, there’s a long list. Start with an economy that has flatlined for five years amid ...

Front runner Friedrich Merz rows back from previously strident position on renewable technology after criticism from business ...

The CDU leader said that Germany may need to loosen its debt limit to finance defence spending, although other solutions ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, told supporters in Nuremberg that their victory would keep the far-right AfD at bay. But protesters across Germany are angry at the ...

Friedrich Merz portrayed Olaf Scholz as a ditherer who led Germany into economic crisis, while the Social Democrat presented ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, ...

Center-right and center-left chancellor candidates clashed in a fiery debate, exposing deep divisions just weeks ahead of a ...

SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz and CDU leader Friedrich Merz fought a tough TV duel on Sunday evening - particularly over how to ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...