Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...

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

Following the controversial Bundestag votes on migration policy, the CSU and CDU Union parties are trying to distance ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative rival Friedrich Merz face off in a TV debate on Sunday, exactly two weeks ...

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

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

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

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

An immigration bill from Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz and backed controversially by the ...

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

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