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

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

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, is confident that he will win the upcoming election — despite his ...

Friedrich Merz doubles down on ‘need for change of policy’ even after Bundestag rejects AfD-backed migration bill ...

Polling data in home town of Friedrich Merz, Germany’s frontrunner to be next chancellor, are worry for main parties ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash and a major legislative defeat. German Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off. By Christopher F.

Friedrich Merz has committed to implementing an explosive five-point plan on migration that could clash with his EPP allies. [Thierry Monasse/picture alliance via Getty Images] For months ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control ...

Before the Bundestag elections on 25 February tens of thousands protest against CDU lead candidate Friedrich Merz across Germany Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people took to the streets ...

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel weighed into Germany’s contentious election campaign, sharply criticizing fellow Christian ...

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela ... From 2016 to 2020, he was chairman of the supervisory board of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, in Germany.