Four candidates were competing for the top chancellor job after the ruling coalition collapsed, triggering a snap election. Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was fighting for re ...

Frontrunner for German Chancellor vows stricter immigration policies – but says he won’t work with the far-right By Sebastian Shukla , CNN 4 minute read ...

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who has faced heavy criticism in recent years for his Russian connections, has reportedly been hospitalised and is receiving treatment for burnout.

By Steven Erlanger and Christopher F. Schuetze Friedrich Merz, the man who is almost certain to be Germany’s next chancellor, is a conservative businessman who has never been a minister and was ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is poised to win the German election, with Friedrich Merz set to become the new chancellor. The ruling Social Democrats are seeing a decline, while the far ...

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Anna Wintour is rarely seen without her shades. But for a special occasion, she was prepared to break with tradition. The legendary Vogue editor-in-chief was presented with the Order of the ...

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Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to "create unity" in Europe as it adjusts to the new Trump administration and Russia's war on Ukraine. Mr Merz's task will ...

The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the opposition leader, the current vice chancellor and — for the first time — a leader of a far-right party.