Its economic model is broken, its self-confidence shattered and its political landscape fractured. Europe’s former growth ...

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

The deeper rot in German governance will require more fundamental reforms than any coalition is likely to deliver.

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

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...

The most likely outcome of Sunday’s German election would see Berlin play a more assertive role on the European stage – if at ...

Germany will go to the polls on Sunday, February 23 after a snap election was called in December following the collapse of ...

Founded in 2013, the AfD is controversial for its hardline on migration and asylum-seekers, with frequent rows surrounding ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...

This political upheaval comes amid a series of deepening crises that have shaken Germany’s foundations – economic stagnation, ...

With Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) on the rise, frontrunner Friedrich Merz’s attempts to outflank the far-right on ...

In the wake of Trump’s victory—and his administration’s transformation from staunch ally to sneering adversary—Germany’s ...