As an openly gay politician who lives with her Sri Lanka-born partner in Switzerland, Alice Weidel was an unusual choice to ...

Ruling and opposition parties in Germany made the final appeal for support on the last day of campaigning, before voters cast ...

German voters head to the polls with conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz promising a rightward shift. The far-right AfD, fueled by fears of asylum ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

More than 59 million Germans will vote for the next German leader at around 12:30 pm in a high-stakes election that comes amid a far-right surge and the dramatic return of Donald Trump.

Friedrich Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has vowed to rule Europe's top economy by returning to his Christian Democrats' conservative roots, help business and crack down ...

These are the key political figures in Germany's elections on Sunday - and likely the biggest players in the coalition ...