The possibilities for conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz to form a coalition government are looking increasingly ...

Chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz criticizes Elon Musk’s support to far-right AfD party, his controversial posts about ...

A heated week in German politics, prompted by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz's divisive decision to lean on far-right votes in parliament, has hardly budged polls ahead of elections on ...

A crisis-ridden, politically unstable Germany is coping with a brash and unpredictable Trump presidency. Germans look set to alter course and push for more independence after snap elections on Feb. 23 ...

Last week, the CDU broke the mainstream parties' so-called firewall of noncooperation with the far-right Alternative for ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

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

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

The conservative Christian Democrats haven't sustained major damage despite having accepted support from the Alternative for Germany. But fewer people now trust chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz not ...

The way they’re pardoning people who have been sentenced to years in prison, that will have consequences for America,” Merz ...

Friedrich Merz, a leading German political figure, has raised serious concerns about what he calls a “new and unsettling ...