Four candidates are competing for the top chancellor job, incumbent Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Robert Habeck of the ...

Friedrich Merz has a reputation for being tough on China, but the need to accommodate a coalition partner and headwinds from ...

The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he ...

even though Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party slumped to its worst election result since World War II. Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and his ...

incumbent Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Robert Habeck of the Greens party and far-right Alice Weidel of the Alternative for ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be succeeded by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz after his party, the ...

Leaders in Germany's likely next coalition have met to discuss Ukraine policy and security. Outgoing Foreign Minister ...

Friedrich Merz has criticized Olaf Scholz on the economy, but experts question if a government led by the Christian ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is set to take the reins of the country’s government following a national election that saw his party secure ...

The ripple effect that Germany’s election could spell across Britain, the US and EU German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded ... s conservative Christian Democratic Union, next to Bavaria ...