Angela Merkel's election rival Peer Steinbrück urged voters in Berlin on Thursday to swing behind his bid to usher in a more socially fair Germany by toppling the chancellor.
The Green Party has dropped to its lowest share of the vote in four years in the latest election poll released on Wednesday, which also shows the Social Democratic Party (SPD) making a slight gain on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will come face-to-face in a television clash Sunday with her centre-left election opponent, confronting Peer Steinbrück whom she has studiously ignored on the campaign trail.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's struggling rival in next month's general election attempted to revive his campaign at the weekend by attacking her euro policy at his biggest rally to date.
Fear of being snooped on by the US secret service would see mobile phones banned from cabinet meetings if the opposition wins September's election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's rival said on Tuesday.
Ten weeks before German elections, Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-left rivals have gone on the attack over reports of sweeping US online surveillance and German cooperation, sparked by fugitive intelligence analyst Edward Snowden.
Soaring in the polls and heading Germany's strongest party, Angela Merkel seems without rival three months ahead of elections, but political analysts say that victory is by no means certain for the chancellor.
It's been a tough few days for Social Democrat chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück. At the weekend he made headlines for crying at a party event and just three months before the election, support for his party is at an all-year low.
Social Democrat chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück was driven to tears on stage by his wife's support at a meeting of his party at the weekend. He has faced months of negative media attention.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's embattled main challenger Peer Steinbrück in September elections fired his spokesman Monday after months of dismal poll ratings and a series of costly gaffes.
With national elections just months away, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has begun to reveal more about her personal life, from her Polish roots to her weakness for men with "nice eyes."
Suggesting speed limits for the autobahn is as politically toxic in Germany as gun control is in America. But it's time to hit the brakes on the country's reckless driving culture, comments The Local's Ben Knight.
In this week's <b>Weekly News Podcast</b>, The Local's <b>Ben Knight</b> contends with clownish chancellor candidates, the second fall of the Berlin Wall for luxury flats, and Germany's allegedly whiny soldiers.
A blog written in support of Social Democratic chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück has been taken offline after being repeatedly attacked by hackers and being subject to suggestions it broke German election funding rules.
Greece must be given time to clean up its troubled finances, Peer Steinbrück, Chancellor Angela Merkel's main challenger in elections later this year, said on Wednesday.
The approval ratings of Peer Steinbrück, the Social Democratic Party's challenger to Angela Merkel in this year's general election, collapsed further in an opinion poll published Friday. One in four SPD voters even want a new candidate.
Social Democrat challenger to Chancellor Angela Merkel Peer Steinbrück on Saturday stood by his comments last week that Germany's leader was not paid enough - despite widespread scorn over his perceived obsession with money.
Peer Steinbrück, SPD challenger to Angela Merkel in next year's election, has committed a second PR blunder in two days. After complaining that chancellors get paid too little, he said Merkel's popularity was down to a "women's bonus."
Peer Steinbrück, the Social Democratic Party's candidate for the chancellorship, is under pressure over official payments made to a law firm while he was finance minister. He later gave a speech to the firm for a fee of €15,000.
The Local's new series profiling German newsmakers takes a closer look at Peer Steinbrück, the man who will vie for Chancellor Angela Merkel's job in next year's election.
Peer Steinbrück, the Social Democrat challenger to Angela Merkel in next year's election, is to reveal his earnings from a lucrative sideline on the speaking tour, after rumours threatened to derail his campaign before it began.
SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück, who came under fire last week for failing to disclose details about his additional earnings, called Sunday for parliamentarians to face tougher rules on reporting extra income.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are at their highest level in the polls in four years, a survey showed on Friday, despite her centre-left challenger launching his campaign to replace her next year.
The anti-corruption organisation Transparency International have slammed opposition Social Democrats’ chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück for failing to disclose details surrounding his supplementary income.
