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 ...

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become chancellor in February's election, is making waves by agreeing to work with the far ...

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

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela ... any authority over their children, who he described as "little pashas." This attracted much controversy at the time, though now you don ...

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 ...

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 ...