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

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

Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right ...

The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...

Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor candidate from the CDU/CSU, criticized Donald Trump's tariffs on goods from Canada, ...

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

Christian Democrat leader tells Anadolu that European allies must strengthen cooperation with Türkiye on shared foreign ...

European leaders warned on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to expand tariffs to the EU risked setting off a ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party is hardening its stance on irregular immigration. Others in Europe have already paved the way.

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz defiantly vowed Friday to pass a bill to restrict immigration with ...

Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national ...