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

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

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

Tens of thousands protest against Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats: Merz had presented parliament with proposals ...

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

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration ...

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

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Germany to protest against the CDU's migration policy and its voting ...

Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...

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 ...

Germany's two largest Christian churches have jointly denounced opposition leader Friedrich Merz's plans to pass motions on ...