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

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

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

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD. Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE -Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech ...

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

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

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 criticised Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country's conservatives, on ...

The former chancellor can’t stand the America First policies that clash with her fellow travelers in international ...