Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

German citizens aged 18 and up can vote. At least 59.2 million people in the nation of 84 million are eligible, about 2.3 ...

Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s ...

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

Friedrich Merz, a conservative rival of Angela Merkel, is on track to become the next chancellor, though the far-right AfD is ...

Terrorist attacks and job cuts have left Germans feeling bitter, and Alice Weidel is set to benefit in an election some say ...

Germany's mainstream parties lost support while the far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany) gained ground in a poll published ...

The man arrested after a Spanish tourist was stabbed at Berlin's Holocaust memorial on Friday was a 19-year-old Syrian ...

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

German voters are heading to the polls Sunday for a national election. The race pits the incumbent chancellor against the ...

What Germans decide in national elections that are likely to produce a new chancellor will be of critical importance as ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be headed for the strongest showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday’s ...