Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...

Composed in her trademark calm delivery, but infused with little to capture the reader’s curiosity, Angela Merkel’s ...

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...

Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative ...

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD. Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not to ...

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel weighed into Germany’s contentious election campaign, sharply criticizing fellow Christian ...

Friedrich Merz, head of the centre-right CDU, relied on support from AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration.

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticised her successor as leader of the conservative CDU party for ...

Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor criticised for relying on AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration laws ...

Germany's ex-chancellor Angela Merkel weighed in Thursday on a controversy flaring ahead of February elections, slamming her ...