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

The bill’s defeat — after Merz secured the passage of a similar motion on Wednesday — suggests that some of his own ...

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

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

Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

Protesters accuse Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats of breaking Germany’s unwritten post-Nazi promise to never pass ...

Tens of thousands protest against Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats: Merz had presented parliament with proposals ...

Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil over weakening of Germany’s “firewall.” ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday defended his controversial migration reforms after stinging criticism ...

Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...

German Parliament on Friday (local time) rejected the immigration bill pushed by opposition’s Freidrich Merz to tighten rules ...