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

The first major survey of voters after frontrunner Friedrich Merz’s controversial alignment with the far right suggests the gambit failed.

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor candidate from the CDU/CSU, criticized Donald Trump's tariffs on goods from Canada, ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party is hardening its stance on irregular immigration. Others in Europe have already paved the way.

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, after sparking outrage over his cooperation with the AfD last week.

Friedrich Merz, the CDU’s candidate for chancellor in Germany’s upcoming snap elections in February, is looking to shore up ...

European leaders warned on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to expand tariffs to the EU risked setting off a ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has presented a five-point plan to end irregular migration. However, both EU and German ...

Christian Democrat leader tells Anadolu that European allies must strengthen cooperation with Türkiye on shared foreign ...

Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...

Social Democrat Scholz warns that Merz's proposal for permanent border controls would violate EU law, damage the economy, and ...