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

Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil ...

Support for Germany's conservative bloc fell by three points in the days after its chancellor candidate said he would push ...

Germany's conservatives doubled down Friday on allowing the far-right AfD to back their pre-election push to restrict ...

CDU chief Friedrich Merz, the election frontrunner ... a deadly knife attack a week ago against a group of kindergarten children. Speaking after the parliamentary defeat, Merz said he regretted ...

Trying to seize the initiative on asylum policy after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack targeting children last week, opposition leader Friedrich Merz vowed to close ...