Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...

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

Former German leader reiterates swipe at chancellor candidate from her own Christian Democratic Union ahead of Feb. 23 ...

More than 200,000 protesters have demonstrated in Munich against far-right extremism ahead of the German general election ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

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

The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, told their supporters in Nuremberg their victory would keep the far-right AfD at bay. But protesters across Germany are angry at the ...

Germany's election frontrunner Friedrich Merz on Monday called on his conservative CDU to "stay the course" after mass ...

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

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