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

The far-right AfD likely will score its best ever result as Europe's ailing economic powerhouse lurches rightwards. The ...

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

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

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

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

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

Germany’s probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old conservative leader, is in pole-position to become Germany's next chancellor, in a vote ...

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

In an interview with Euractiv, long-time Brussels insider Klaus Welle says German Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz will push for strong EU-US relations but with “fairness”.