Its probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

In countries across Europe, nativist far-right political parties have dramatically expanded their vote share in recent years, ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz from the left-leaning SPD and his main rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CSU/CDU bloc have presented competing visions for the country's future. The center ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off. By Christopher F.

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as exhilarating. And yet his explosive bid to tighten migration rules with the ...

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday clashed with opposition leader Friedrich Merz in a heated debate, accusing him of accepting favours from the far-right AfD party. Merz’s conservative ...

Standing ovations with slow, rhythmic applause are the order of the day at each campaign appearance of CDU leader Friedrich Merz. The lanky, bespectacled lawyer will turn 70 in November.

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

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's conservative opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and favorite to become the country's next chancellor according to polls, has attempted to ...

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, is wagering that despite his country’s Nazi past, its voters aren’t all that different from other Europeans. As mainstream parties ...

The CDU's candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz has travelled to Kyiv. The actor stars alongside Kevin Bacon, Charli XCX, ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support from the far-right AfD to push an anti-immigration motion through ...