Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

In countries across Europe, nativist far-right political parties have dramatically expanded their vote share in recent years, ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich ...

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

Germany’s probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

BERLIN — Angst (a German word) is spreading across the Bundesrepublik. Amid talk that the country is the “ sick man of Europe ...

The event was organized by Spain's Vox party in Madrid under the banner "Make Europe Great Again." The leaders applauded ...

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

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

Nine people are displaced after a fire broke out at a home in southwest Charlotte on Sunday. Crews responded to the 500 block ...

Merz had presented parliament with proposals for strict new immigration rules, which were supported by the partly far-right ...