Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...

POLITICO has processed 35 years’ worth of election data to find out why this month’s vote is messier than ever ― and what will happen next.

Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may ...