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 ...

Europe's anchor nation is on the line Sunday as German voters pick between AfD, CDU and SDP for the next Bundestag and ...

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 ...

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

Konstantin Richter is a journalist at work on a book about the history of corporate Germany.

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

The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.

For Germans heading to the polls for a snap election, climate is not quite as important a factor as it used to be.

Germans are going to the polls on Sunday for national elections. Opinion polls suggest the outcome will be a new chancellor ...

When German voters go to the polls Sunday, the country’s moribund economy — and promises to fix it — will be front of mind.