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

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, is confident that he will win the upcoming election — despite his ...

Comment: Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz risking a joint parliamentary vote with the far-right AfD was not a move to enable them. Indeed, his actions were designed to avoid further ...

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

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

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 ...