Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old conservative leader, is in pole-position to become Germany's next chancellor, in a vote ...

Germany is preparing for high-stakes elections with migration policies at the forefront of debate. The center-right CDU and ...

The election campaign has been dominated by fierce exchanges over the perception that irregular immigration is out of control ...

Conservatives lead polls, with Friedrich Merz likely to be chancellor, while the far-right AfD could achieve a historic result Germans vote in a national election on Sunday, which was expected to see ...