Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

Voters are heading to the polls in Germany, with the country’s far-right AfD party expected to make large gains.Polling ...

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

Polling stations opened at 8am (7am GMT) with more than 59 million Germans eligible to vote and first estimates based on exit ...

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