Germany is headed for elections later this month after its coalition collapse late last year. Here is a guide to the ...

Two security guards stand watch outside a small castle hosting a campaign event for the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

Germany is preparing for elections after its previous three-party coalition collapsed. The main political parties are aligned ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz may have been dubbed the "Scholzomat" for his stiff personal style, but he has sought to ...

Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.