Germany faces its second change of leader in fewer than four years. The latest result cements a shift to the right in Europe.

Baden-Württemberg will go to the polls this Sunday, in the first of five German state elections this year. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is hoping for a win to boost his push for reforms in the entire ...

German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz and CDU top candidate for the Baden-Wuerttemberg state election, Manuel Hagel, attend a press conference after the ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU faces a regional election Sunday, the first of several this year in which it hopes to stem the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).