Polls open as Europe and US watch on in pivotal vote - Germany heads to the polls for the fourth snap election in its history ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has been the longtime frontrunner in this contest. Regularly polling at over 30 per cent, the Union party comprising the CDU and its Bavarian ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz votes in Germany's snap election, with the conservative opposition favored to win and the far-right ...

The center-right opposition is favored to win, while polls point to the strongest result for a far-right party since World ...

Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has cast his vote in the German election. Merz is the leader of the ...

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