Front runner Friedrich Merz rows back from previously strident position on renewable technology after criticism from business ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. could take ownership of the ...

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

Viewers surveyed on Sunday thought that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) narrowly won the TV debate against his rival ...

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, is confident that he will win the upcoming election — despite his ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the ...

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

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

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

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

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants tougher migration measures even with far-right support, triggering a backlash ahead of ...

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), believes he is set to become Germany's next chancellor after the general election on February 23. At the final party ...