Germany’s conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties ...

BERLIN — With Germany’s election less than a month away, center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz has thrown cold water on the prospect of reviving the country’s traditional grand coalition — bluntly ...

In the run up to Germany’s snap general elections Jeremy Cliffe goes to Ludwigshafen, a symbol of Germany's economic woes.

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

Germany’s opposition leader says his party will bring motions to toughen migration policy to parliament next week in one of ...

Chancellor Scholz says rival Merz joining forces with far-right party in parliament to introduce stricter migration ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said it was important not to divide the world with new trade barriers, as everyone ...

Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...

BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz's main challenger in ... Opposition leader Friedrich Merz put migration in the focus of the campaign following a knife attack a week ago in the Bavarian city ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz has put demands for a more restrictive ... to a growing divide between Merz's bloc, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democrats and their remaining ...

Friedrich Merz, the CDU’s candidate for chancellor in Germany’s upcoming snap elections in February, is looking to shore up ...

Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz and his conservatives slump in poll after far-right backing for migration vote.