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

More than 200,000 protesters have demonstrated in Munich against far-right extremism ahead of the German general election ...

Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

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

The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, told their supporters in Nuremberg their victory would keep the far-right AfD at bay. But protesters across Germany are angry at the ...

Former German leader reiterates swipe at chancellor candidate from her own Christian Democratic Union ahead of Feb. 23 ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

Support for Germany’s center-right CDU/CSU alliance led by Friedrich Merz dropped in a new poll, while the Greens and two ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, ...

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Christian Democrats, stumbled in his bid to end Social Democrat-Greens ...

Germany's two largest Christian churches have jointly denounced opposition leader Friedrich Merz's plans to pass motions on ...

Chancellor Scholz says rival Merz joining forces with far-right party in parliament to introduce stricter migration ...