As Sunday’s snap federal election nears, political parties are intensifying their efforts in the final stretch to drum up ...

Following the election, the party with the most votes will nominate a candidate for chancellor. The candidate must secure an absolute majority in the Bundestag to be sworn in as the country's new ...

Scholz, the 66-year-old incumbent chancellor, is facing an uphill struggle for re-election as his Social Democratic Party ...

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

Sunday's vote is being held more than half a year ahead of schedule after centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way ...

Germany has a reformed voting system that has been in effect since 2023. This system prioritises proportionality over individual member seats ...

Friedrich Merz has criticized Olaf Scholz on the economy, but experts question if a government led by the Christian ...

Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the ...

German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.

The country’s competitiveness has stagnated and its once-powerful industries are suffering. Just ask these executives.

The margin of error for individual polls is estimated from the poll’s sample size and the number of eligible German voters ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is favored to replace Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party as ...