Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

Germany is preparing for elections after its previous three-party coalition collapsed. The main political parties are aligned ...

The AfD has drawn support as a spate of deadly attacks has inflamed the immigration debate. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Friedrich Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has vowed to rule Europe's top economy by returning to his Christian Democrats' conservative roots, help business and crack down ...

Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will almost ...

As the two frontrunners in Germany’s general election prepare to go head to head in the first televised debate, the former chancellor’s intervention is a sign of the concern within the political ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is in second place in opinion polls, at around 22%, behind the CDU/CSU ...

Many supporters are unsettled by turbulent modern times and yearn for a return to a stable past. Read more at ...

Given the current poll figures, this does not seem very realistic. In 2021, the SPD won the Bundestag election with 25.7% of the vote. In the current ARD Deutschlandtrend poll, it is down to 14%, ...

Having established a clear lead over both the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens, this motley movement of ...