Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, leading in the race to become Germany's next chancellor, pledged on Monday to bring a law ...

The conservative leader wants to impose strict border controls after knife killings in Aschaffenburg this week.

Germany’s conservative candidate, Friedrich Merz, suggested he’d push through tougher migration measures even with AfD ...

Four weeks before Germany’s snap election, the political temperature is rising as the campaign shifts onto the contentious ...

About 100,000 people rallied against the Alternative for Germany party in Berlin, the Bild newspaper reported.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become the next chancellor, said on Thursday he wanted to win back the ...

The incumbent government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat (SPD), has styled itself as a champion of the ...

Friedrich Merz, the leading candidate for the chancellery in Germany's upcoming election, said a leaked briefing by Germany's ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's opposition leader, views a second Trump presidency as a chance for EU unity. As he seeks to become ...

In this edition of Berlin Briefing, DW’s Richard Walker and Michaela Küfner break it all down with writer John Kampfner. Who is Friedrich Merz? Why did he have a feud with Angela Merkel?

Germany's election frontrunner says Europeans are waiting for Germany to take the lead on dealing with the new American ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to replace Chancellor Olaf Scholz after Germany's upcoming elections, is calling ...