Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor criticised for relying on AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration laws ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Former German leader reiterates swipe at chancellor candidate from her own Christian Democratic Union ahead of Feb. 23 ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

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

As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...

Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...

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

Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist ... election campaign and drawn condemnation from former chancellor Angela Merkel. The leader of the Christian Democrats, who is the frontrunner ...