The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

I do not approve of someone in Trump’s orbit attempting such direct interference in Germany’s elections,” says Friedrich Merz.

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

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, after sparking outrage over his cooperation with the AfD last week.

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

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

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

Four weeks before Germany’s snap election, the political temperature is rising as the campaign shifts onto the contentious ...

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly ...

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

It was perhaps the most dramatic week for German politics in decades as the Bundestag on Friday held three nail-biting votes to tighten migration rules after yet another terrorist attack committed by ...

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