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

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

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

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

The way they’re pardoning people who have been sentenced to years in prison, that will have consequences for America,” Merz ...

The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far-right has hurt his ...

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” ...

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

Chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz criticizes Elon Musk’s support to far-right AfD party, his controversial posts about ...

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

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