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

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, ...

The way they’re pardoning people who have been sentenced to years in prison, that will have consequences for America,” Merz ...

The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...

Christian Democrat leader tells Anadolu that European allies must strengthen cooperation with Türkiye on shared foreign ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party is hardening its stance on irregular immigration. Others in Europe have already paved the way.

The leader and candidate of the German conservatives for the February 23 elections, Friedrich Merz, reiterated on Monday that ...

The German Bundestag passed Friedrich Merz's so-called five ... Convention as well as German law. He said that Merz's proposals would violate EU law, something that “no German chancellor would ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has floated proposing legislation ... which does away with checks at internal EU borders. Although there are mechanisms for EU member states to temporarily ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with ... which would detach it from its obligations to the EU and dependence on the USA. The founders of the AfD explained that Merkel had ...

Friedrich Merz has committed to implementing an explosive ... The ensuing German turmoil could be a precursor of what is to follow in the EU, as cracks are starting to show in Merz’s European ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, whose party leads the polls ... and points to a yet-to-be-implemented agreement on revamped ...