The German economy contracted more than expected in the final quarter of last year, reigniting recession fears as Europe's ...

The German economy contracted more than expected in the final quarter of last year, spurring again recession fears, as Europe ...

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

Friedrich Merz leaned the right-wing AfD party to push through measures to restrict immigration.

Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...

BERLIN — With Germany’s election less than a month away, center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz has thrown cold water on the prospect of reviving the country’s traditional grand coalition — bluntly ...

The European Central Bank is cutting its key interest rate, a step to boost an economy that’s struggling to grow as consumers ...

A non-binding motion to restrict immigration has sparked outrage after citizens said the conservative CDU/CSU broke a promise not to work with the far-right AfD. Protesters in Berlin gathered outside ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the leader of her Christian Democrats (CDU), Friedrich Merz, for drawing on ...

For the first time in the 75-year post-war history of the German parliament, one of the major parliamentary groups has made ...

Europe’s economy stagnated at the end of last year as former growth engine Germany floundered to the end of a second straight ...