The center-right opposition is favored to win, while polls point to the strongest result for a far-right party since World ...

Polls are open across Germany as the world’s third largest economy chooses a new leader to guide it through an era of febrile ...

Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

What Germans decide in national elections that are likely to produce a new chancellor will be of critical importance as ...

When German voters go to the polls Sunday, the country’s moribund economy — and promises to fix it — will be front of mind.

Germany's mainstream political parties lost support while the far-right AfD gained ground in one of the last polls published ...

The AfD party could become the second biggest in the German parliament after elections on Sunday.

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

Alternative for Germany appears to be headed for the strongest showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday’s ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...

Voting started for the general election in Germany on Sunday, which opinion polls suggest will bring a new chancellor and a ...