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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said it was important not to divide the world with new trade barriers, as everyone ...

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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said it was important not to divide the world with new trade barriers, as everyone ...

Friedrich Merz’s CDU is set to endorse the EPP head on Sunday, boosting Weber’s chances at a decisive party congress in April.

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Christian Democrats, stumbled in his bid to end Social Democrat-Greens ...

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

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

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

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

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

The Bundestag has narrowly rejected a bill to limit migration and close Germany’s borders. German conservatives caused ...