Germany’s Christian Democrat leader Friedrich Merz has broken a long-established “firewall” isolating the far right. A vote ...

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

This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...

The opposition leader is expected to be Germany’s next chancellor. No one knows if he has what it takes to steer his country ...

With just two weeks to go (Feb 23 rd ) will the German elections, a number of new, national polls underline the lead of the ...

In countries across Europe, nativist far-right political parties have dramatically expanded their vote share in recent years, ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of stoking "class warfare" as rivals ...

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz used his likely final statement in parliament before the election to intensify his attacks on ...

BERLIN — Angst (a German word) is spreading across the Bundesrepublik. Amid talk that the country is the “ sick man of Europe ...

He is seen as a potential future leader of Germany, offering a solution to Europe's crisis of confidence, according to his supporters. Friedrich Merz, a well-known figure in his conservative party's ...