The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far-right has hurt his ...

Friedrich Merz, the CDU’s candidate for chancellor in Germany’s upcoming snap elections in February, is looking to shore up ...

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

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

Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz and his conservatives slump in poll after far-right backing for migration vote.

Christian Democratic Union will neither enter coalition talks with the AfD nor form a minority government, ex-chairman Armin ...

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

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.

Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats, had sought to restrict immigration rules with the support of the Alternative for ...

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

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

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