BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just ...

Friedrich Merz faces urgent economic and geopolitical crises. But to form a coalition he needs to turn foes into friends – ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...

The contenders in Germany’s election made their final appeals to voters Saturday, with opposition leader and front-runner ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that ...

A network of more than 700 fake social media accounts has sprung up in the last week of Germany's election campaign.

German politicians made a last push for votes on Saturday ahead of pivotal elections, with conservatives still leading the ...

In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...

Sunday’s vote comes at a time of upheaval for Europe and its biggest economy as US President Donald Trump has ended a united ...

Triggered after the breakdown of the coalition led by Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the campaign for the February ...

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