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

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

Support for Germany's conservative bloc fell by 2 percentage points to 28% within a week, a survey showed on Tuesday after ...

The first major survey of voters after frontrunner Friedrich Merz’s controversial alignment with the far right suggests the gambit failed.

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner in the German election, vowed to hold course on his disputed plan to limit ...

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

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, after sparking outrage over his cooperation with the AfD last week.

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

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner in the German election, is focusing his campaign on proposals to revive the ...

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

A Tougher Stance on Iran: Although direct military intervention is ruled out, Merz has indicated a more confrontational ...

Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Monday that he is ready to lead the country as his ...