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

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

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

When Donald Trump won the US election in November, Germany’s government imploded. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance ...

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

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

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

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

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

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive ...

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

Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz are pictured in tv studio ahead of a debate in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.