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

Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

Protesters in Berlin gathered outside CDU headquarters.Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Germany on Thursday to protest ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...

Friedrich Merz, likely the next chancellor, shocks the country by promising to control its borders.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Over 1,000 of people protested in the eastern German city of Erfurst on Friday against efforts by the centre-right Christian ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

For the first time in the 75-year post-war history of the German parliament, one of the major parliamentary groups has made ...

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

Shock after motion passed with far-right support for first time, charges brought against man who threw firework into Berlin ...