The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

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

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

BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before ...

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

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

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Despite loud protests and criticism from its own ranks, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party wants to immediately ...

Protests have erupted across Germany in the wake of two contentious parliamentary votes on immigration, with marchers venting ...

Protests have erupted across Germany in the wake of two contentious parliamentary votes on immigration. Demonstrators vented anger at the conservative CDU/CSU for collaborating with the far-right AfD.

Germany will hold a snap national election on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition.

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