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

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” ...

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

Germany’s conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz, whose CDU/CSU coalition is leading polls by double digits, ...

Tens of thousands protested across Germany against the center-right leader for sending to parliament proposals for tough new ...

Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...

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

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” and his party will “never” work with it BERLIN -- The front ...

BERLIN—The front-runner in Germany’s election made a gambit this week to woo supporters of an increasingly popular far-right party by proposing a raft of new immigration restrictions.

Merz drew protests after he put a motion to parliament last week calling for Germany to turn back many more migrants at its ...