The country seems ready to move right, but can it shake its torpor?

The parties standing in the federal election are, from left to right on the political spectrum: Linke (the Left), SPD (social ...

Berlin – Die Union positioniert sich für die Bundestagswahl 2025 mit einem Programm, das wirtschaftliche Dynamik mit ...

Bidding to be Germany’s next leader are the incumbent, the leader of the opposition, the vice chancellor, and a far-right ...

Following US VP Vance’s statement on European democracy and free speech, CDU chancellor candidate Merz spoke to DW.

Friedrich Merz, conservative frontrunner in next week's German elections, warned on Sunday that relations between the United ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz pledged a stronger role for Berlin in the EU and muscular support ...

Die EU wäre militärisch gern weniger abhängig von Amerika, erst Recht, seitdem Donald Trump wieder im Weißen Haus sitzt. Doch ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his likely successor, Friedrich Merz, promised no collaboration with the extreme right on ...

Um kurz nach zwölf geht es los. Friedrich Merz kommt ans Pult, die Delegierten springen auf, feiern ihn frenetisch. Mehrmals setzt er an zu reden, aber sie lassen ihn nicht, klatschen minutenlang ...

Before the Bundestag elections on 25 February tens of thousands protest against CDU lead candidate Friedrich Merz across Germany Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people took to the streets ...