Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

The former chancellor's comments come after the CDU put forward a proposal which was supported by the far-right AfD.

Conservatives have cooperated with the far-right AfD for the first time, amid growing support from the tech billionaire.

A who's who of German talent signed an open letter calling for political leaders to "uphold democratic values" after a ...

Germany's ex-chancellor Angela Merkel weighed in Thursday on a controversy flaring ahead of February elections, slamming her ...

Friedrich Merz’s hard-line shift on migration is a calculated gambit by the German conservative leader to neutralize the far ...

On Wednesday, with the support of the Alternative for Germany, the Christian Democrats passed a motion on migration policy ...

The former chancellor’s intervention exposes a deepening rift within Germany’s conservatives over how to handle the AfD’s ...

Did Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, fall into a trap? Or is he forcing other mainstream parties to confront what ...

Comparing Friedrich Merz to Viktor Orban is more of a compliment than an insult, State Secretary Zoltan Kovacs wrote.

Friedrich Merz leaned the right-wing AfD party to push through measures to restrict immigration.