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

European leaders warned on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to expand tariffs to the EU risked setting off a ...

Thousands of people protested in Berlin on Sunday against plans to limit immigration proposed by opposition conservatives and ...

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

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.

The leader of Germany's conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to the Christian Democrats (CDU) ...

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 ...

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

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

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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a shock setback in his bid to become chancellor after his effort to push through tough migration legislation with backing from the far-right failed ...