Last week, the CDU broke the mainstream parties' so-called firewall of noncooperation with the far-right Alternative for ...

The Christian Democrats have vividly demonstrated that they will not be dissuaded from embracing the Alternative for Germany ...

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter migration policy which was backed by the far-right Alternative for Germany party ...

The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party on Monday adopted an "immediate program" on immigration and the economy that its candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, wants to implement ...

Friedrich Merz , chairman of the conservative Chistian Democratic Union (CDU), believes he is set to become Germany's next chancellor after the general election on February 23. At the final party conf ...

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

Friedrich Merz, CDU candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman,celebrates after his speech at the 37th federal party ...

Friedrich Merz, CDU candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman, left, and CSU leader Markus Seder attend the 37th ...

Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is convening in Berlin on Monday to vote on an "immediate action ...

The front-runner for Germany’s next chancellor has vowed to press on with plans to overhaul the country’s asylum policies despite nationwide protests over a political alliance with the far-Right.

Despite opposition from the Social Democrats and the Greens, Merz thought he had enough support to pass the bill. His CDU/CSU bloc, along with the AfD, the liberal Free Democrats and the far-left BSW ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank an ascendant far right spectacularly backfire in the ...