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

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

Despite the defeat on Friday in the German parliament of his proposed immigration law, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

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

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

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

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

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

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

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

The German parliament narrowly rejected on Friday a bill sponsored by conservatives and the far right calling for stricter ...

Thousands of Germans have protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right and anti-immigrant ...