As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner in the German election, is focusing his campaign on proposals to revive the ...

Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, after sparking outrage over his cooperation with the AfD last week.

Support for Germany's conservative bloc fell by 2 percentage points to 28% within a week, a survey showed on Tuesday after ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

Tens of thousands have protested across Germany against the center-right leader and front-runner in a Feb. 25 election for ...

Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats, had sought to restrict immigration rules with the support of the Alternative for ...

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

Christian Democrat leader tells Anadolu that European allies must strengthen cooperation with Türkiye on shared foreign ...