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

The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far right has hurt his ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, centre left, and Friedrich Merz, CDU candidate for chancellor, before a TV election debate in ...

Over the past decade and beyond, the CDU has undergone a significant identity shift under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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

Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may ...

expressing hope that progress in Syria's political process could allow Syrian refugees to return to their homeland Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for closer cooperation ...

The CDU/CSU parties broke a long-held taboo in German politics last week by relying on far-right votes to push through a bill ...

Fresh protests against the extreme right drew massive crowds in Germany on Saturday, including 250,000 people in Munich, ...

Fresh protests against the extreme-Right drew massive crowds in Germany on Saturday, including 250,000 people in Munich, ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have marched across Germany to protest right-wing extremism, hate and social marginalisation, ...