Russia accused German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday of pursuing a path of "militarisation" and said this was a cause ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz suggested he’s a shoo-in to win Germany’s election on Sunday, telling Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz to his face that he’ll need a miracle to ...

German Christian Democratic Union Chairman Friedrich Merz secured the conservative candidacy to challenge Olaf Scholz for the chancellorship, clearing a field of rivals just over a year before the ...

The standoff between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz endured on Saturday, after the collapse of Scholz's three-party coalition this week. Senior Social Democrat ...

This includes Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance (leading with 29% support), Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (16%), and the Greens led by Economy Minister Robert Habeck (12%).

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, had the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz effectively ruled out serving together in the same cabinet, whatever the outcome of Sunday’s election.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insists he would' never' cooperate with the far right in the way he says his rival Friedrich Merz has done. DW has more.Two weeks out from the federal election ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, ... Scholz as well as Friedrich Merz, the head of the main opposition party in parliament, ...