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

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Election posters at a street in Duesseldorf, Germany, show the top candidates for chancellor, Robert Habeck of the Green Party, Friedrich Merz of the CDU and Olaf Scholz for the SPD, from left, prior ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has floated proposing legislation to tighten Germany's border controls ... Merz of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on Monday announced ...

Germany's opposition leader Friedrich Merz is under fire for ... The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on Thursday presented a five-point migration plan calling for, among other ...

Protesters in Berlin gathered outside CDU headquarters.Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Germany on Thursday to protest ...

Friedrich Merz, head of the centre-right CDU, relied on support from AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration.

Image Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union, in Berlin on Monday.Credit...Odd Andersen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Migration concerns have risen in Germany ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...

Leader and top candidate for chancellor of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks during a meeting of the European People's Party (EPP) in Berlin on January 18, 2025. (Photo ...

Friedrich Merz, favorite to be chancellor after ... years — particularly in the far right strongholds of eastern Germany. In 2020, Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the liberal ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday defended his controversial migration reforms after stinging criticism ...